Duncan, you don't need to do a 2 star align. Most folks do a "quick align" with the HC before moving to Ekos control (which pretty much does nothing....in place alignment for time in HC). Afterwards, do a drift align or other polar align method (your choice) in Ekos. This will save time. If you continue to struggle with Ekos guiding, you might try PHD2 guiding to see if you can break through there. If so, then look closer at your guiding setup parameters to see if you've got something askew. Good luck....

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