On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM, David Woolf wrote:
I have limited visibility
With the HC (L6/1.6) you can use the mount to select your stars.? Say I set the mount to CWD and Cold Start, then I want to use a visible bright star.? ?Slew the mount manually to point the OTA at the star, well generally near or I use the finder.? Press Menu->Identify and select the BSL catalogue.? That returns a list of stars sorted by how close within the list the OTA points.? This BSL-star will be the top or closest bright star that the telescope points at.? GoTo that selection and center in the eyepiece.? Enter Menu->Model->Alignment for the 1-star alignment and synchronization.
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Then I slew to another star if desired, picking good placements.? Remembering we want them separated over the extended quadrant as well as possible for a given model side because any error centering on the cross hairs magnifies as the calculated circles extend to the galactic pole.? (A bad model works exactly like a good model, in a like manner).? So, if the OTA allows, reach across the meridian without changing saddle sides (without flipping) use these stars too as needed.? Visually we need good polar alignment with a 1-star alignment per side.? Or near polar alignment (<a few degrees) with three-to-five-star alignment on a side.
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Regardless of good or a so-so alignment, as mentioned I too always synchronize on a local star near where any target resides.? Again, IDENTIFY can be used to sync and center reliably.
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Doug
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