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1* Not aligned
2* Not aligned
3* Not aligned
Align menu
Bright stars cat
.
Coordinates
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Named stars
Andromeda - Bootes
Canis Ma
–
Canis Mi.
Carina-Cassiopeia
RA 00:00:00
DEC +00:00:00
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A-And, Alphera
B-And, Mirach
G-And, Alamach
A-Aql, Altair
When aligning on 1 star the alignment information shown is related directly to
the latitude of the selected observation location.
Align mount menu
Select this menu to perform a new 1 star alignment or to add a 2
nd
/3
rd
star to an
already completed 1/2 star alignment.
The menu contains one line per alignment star. When no alignment has been
performed all lines says
Not aligned
. When a star(or planet/sun) has been
selected and alignment on the star has been made the line shows
Aligned.
Note
that the alignment stars must be selected in ascending order.
1 star alignment procedure:
Select first alignment star in the menu
1* not aligned
Select
Bright stars
to pick a star from the
catalog,
Planets
to pick a planet (including the
sun) or C
oordinates
to manually enter
the object coordinates.
If Bright stars is selected:
Pick the star in the menu by first finding
the relevant constellation.
If Coordinates is selected:
Enter object coordinates (Epoch 2000). RA in
hour, minutes and seconds. Declination in
degrees, arc-minutes and arc-seconds.
