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Originally Posted by bojan
I had similar problems when I started..
Aligning camera is easy: just get the red dot finder (couple of bucks on ebay) and/or cheapest finder you can manage and mount it with camera together on some sort of adapter (I have both, when I use 200mm lens, more precise alignment is necessary).
All I need to do is check alignment on bright star every time before I start.
But then again, you are doing piggy-back.. so you already have a finder.
When I am preparing for session, I use CdC.. and the camera FOV could easily be entered into eyepiece/CCD dialog box...
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Thanks Bojan,
I took Trevor and Matts advice and turned of the LCD screen which allowed me to use the view finder. That worked for Rigel but obviously, I would still have a problem if there wasn't a mag 1 star in the frame.
I love your idea of mounting a red dot finder on the camera. Will look into that.
Thanks for the tip.
Regards
Trevor