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Old 24-01-2010, 06:36 PM
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To accurately work it out, what you need to do is put your camera square in the focuser, so that up/down in the image corresponds to RA +/- and left right corresponds with DEC N/S.. Find out by taking a short exposure while pushing the up arrow on your mounts controller, you will then know that this direction is North, and is Declination. take another short exposure while pusing the left button on your controller, you will now know that is East, and is RA... Take some images, if the image drifts left/right, you know its RA, if it drifts up/down, you know its dec...

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