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Alignment stars
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.
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Re: Alignment stars
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.
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Re: Alignment stars
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!
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Re: Alignment stars
I use zwo asi studiosJuno16 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:47 pm 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!
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They have to be a bit higher in the sky like vega I can’t align with the other two because of my houseGraeme1858 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:51 pm 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
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It was letting me align with Deneb but it’s not coming up on my handset nowGraeme1858 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:51 pm 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
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Mirrorgirl wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:15 amThey have to be a bit higher in the sky like vega I can’t align with the other two because of my houseGraeme1858 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:51 pm 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
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?
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Re: Alignment stars
Mirrorgirl wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:13 amI use zwo asi studiosJuno16 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:47 pm 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!
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.
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Re: Alignment stars
south is my next best direction, thanksGraeme1858 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:23 amMirrorgirl wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:15 amThey have to be a bit higher in the sky like vega I can’t align with the other two because of my houseGraeme1858 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:51 pm 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
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
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Graeme1858 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:23 amMirrorgirl wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:15 amThey have to be a bit higher in the sky like vega I can’t align with the other two because of my houseGraeme1858 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:51 pm 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
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
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