Strangely elongated pixels and drift align probs

[uhb1966]

HI everybody,

i restarted imaging after a pause and found out that astrotortilla doesnt work anymore on my pc. This tool was quite central to my workflow, especially for drift alignment. Took me two hours last night to drift align and all i got was the picture below. Elongated stars, but not in the same directing, while only doing a 30 sec exposure... Any help on what went wrong here and how to fix is welcomed!

Clear skies!

 

[Starwiz]

Is your collimation OK?

[uhb1966]

Hmmm last time when i checked it it was OK ...erm that was 2016

Maybe i should recheck it

[Starwiz]

17 minutes ago, uhb1966 said:

Hmmm last time when i checked it it was OK ...erm that was 2016

Maybe i should recheck it

Definitely.  You may want to check it a lot more often as it can easily go out as with any Newt.