NOVA 120 Pointing model user manual
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This step is achieved to avoid unwanted meridian flip, because two pointing models are required for German mounts,
one for the tube located at the east side of pier, and another for the west side of pier.
Since pointing models are
created by slewing to areas only in one side of the pier, these settings forbids the mount from meridian flipping when
located close to the meridian.
Using PRISM software from ALCOR-SYSTEM
, please, connect the mount to PRISM, and keep eye on side of pier
information that is sent by the NOVA mount software to PRISM.
This panel helps doing so:
Say, that the pointing model will be built for the telescope located on the east side of the pier, aiming at targets that are
on the west side of the Sky.
A CCD camera attached to the telescope is mandatory. There is no way doing visually with an eyepiece; it will never
reach to the required accuracy. The larger the field of view is the better to allow a fast pointing model to be built. But
also a sampling of 3 arcsec per pixel is the maximum sampling rate required.
2.2.2. Plate solving checking
