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Originally Posted by troypiggo
Very thorough as usual, Dennis 
Rather than your template first step, I actually used All Sky Plate Solver http://www.astrogb.com/ to blind solve where the Polemaster was initially pointing, then adjusted the alt/az knobs on mount so the blind solve gave a value of DEC pretty close to -90 (ie within a degree or 2 - Polemaster field of view is 10x8 degrees or something). Only took about 2 or 3 blind solves at about 15 seconds each.
From there, Polemaster software was as per your instructions. |
Hi Troy
Thanks for the feedback and the link to the plate solve SW, I must look into this, as plate solving is as yet untried by this Luddite!
The wooden triangle and compass are ideal for rough polar alignment in the day time when I am away from home. Ironically, the trapezium of stars in Octans is easier to locate from my light polluted suburb in Brisbane, whereas at a dark sky site, they are lost in the myriad BG stars!
Cheers
Dennis