Alignment stars

[Mirrorgirl]

Hi there

I'm having trouble aligning i need three bright stars that will be quite high up because of my trees all around that will be listed on my handset around 7 pm - 8pm, it would be well appreciated if anyone can help.


Thanks


Rhoda

[Graeme1858]

Vega, SWish, Lyra
Caph, NE, Cassiopiea
and Enif, SEish, Pegasus

Try that.

If you have Stellerium you can put your horizon in to show you what you can see.

Graeme

[Juno16]

Hi Rhoda,

Are you using a laptop for image acquisition? If so, what software do you use?
You could eliminate star alignment altogether by plate solving. You will have to do some trial and error testing to get it all working right, but you will never go back to star alignment!

[Mirrorgirl]

Hi Rhoda,

Are you using a laptop for image acquisition? If so, what software do you use?
You could eliminate star alignment altogether by plate solving. You will have to do some trial and error testing to get it all working right, but you will never go back to star alignment!

I use zwo asi studios

[Mirrorgirl]

Vega, SWish, Lyra
Caph, NE, Cassiopiea
and Enif, SEish, Pegasus

Try that.

If you have Stellerium you can put your horizon in to show you what you can see.

Graeme

They have to be a bit higher in the sky like vega I can’t align with the other two because of my house

[Mirrorgirl]

Vega, SWish, Lyra
Caph, NE, Cassiopiea
and Enif, SEish, Pegasus

Try that.

If you have Stellerium you can put your horizon in to show you what you can see.

Graeme

It was letting me align with Deneb but it’s not coming up on my handset now

[Graeme1858]

Vega, SWish, Lyra
Caph, NE, Cassiopiea
and Enif, SEish, Pegasus

Try that.

If you have Stellerium you can put your horizon in to show you what you can see.

Graeme

They have to be a bit higher in the sky like vega I can’t align with the other two because of my house

At 22:00 Caph is higher than Vega and Enif is just a little lower.

Vega is to the West. What is your next best direction?

Graeme

[Juno16]

Hi Rhoda,

Are you using a laptop for image acquisition? If so, what software do you use?
You could eliminate star alignment altogether by plate solving. You will have to do some trial and error testing to get it all working right, but you will never go back to star alignment!

I use zwo asi studios

From what I can tell it supports plate solving or it can be added with a plugin.
You might want to check into it. It will take some fiddling around to get it setup, but it will save you tons of time and you’ll never have to star align again.

[Mirrorgirl]

Vega, SWish, Lyra
Caph, NE, Cassiopiea
and Enif, SEish, Pegasus

Try that.

If you have Stellerium you can put your horizon in to show you what you can see.

Graeme

They have to be a bit higher in the sky like vega I can’t align with the other two because of my house

At 22:00 Caph is higher than Vega and Enif is just a little lower.

Vega is to the West. What is your next best direction?

Graeme

south is my next best direction, thanks

[Mirrorgirl]

Vega, SWish, Lyra
Caph, NE, Cassiopiea
and Enif, SEish, Pegasus

Try that.

If you have Stellerium you can put your horizon in to show you what you can see.

Graeme

They have to be a bit higher in the sky like vega I can’t align with the other two because of my house

At 22:00 Caph is higher than Vega and Enif is just a little lower.

Vega is to the West. What is your next best direction?

Graeme

The stars have to be listed on the handset around 9 ish too