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Old 27-01-2010, 11:24 PM
richardda1st (Richard)
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When using Stellarium you can flip the screen image left to right and top to bottom. Do this when you zoom in and compare to your scope's view.

Also Stellarium and most others will show you circles to match your eye piece view, to show you what is actually in your view. But you first have to download & install the ocular plug-ins from Stellarium, other plug-ins also available.
Barrykjerdes a member here on ISS can help you out with Stellarium (hope Barry dosn't mind me mentioning him)

I made my self an azimuth scale for my dob and fitted a digital inclinometer to my scope for altitude. So long as I have the altitude & azimuth details I can point my scope to any target. There is a few threads in ISS to help you. If you are interested and require any help just let me know.

Cheers
Richard
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