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Originally Posted by RobF
In fact you've also done many people a favour by illustrating graphically just HOW important camera rotation is for extra widefield by not cropping in too much Marc. Its pretty obvious just how much the camera tilted over as you went along.
The only other way I've found handy to get my head around this is watching the PA rotate as you move around in Starry NIght with a FOV indicator active (probably stating the obvious to anyone how has ever even dipped a toe into mosaics)
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I think the best way to start a mosaic like this on the field is to use skysafari on a handheld device and use the camera field and rotation angle. Once you have a preview of the field boundaries all you need to know is what DSO you need to go to next. That's what I did but I didn't rotate the camera as my fixed bracket doesn't allow for rotation. I just have to loosen it up and do a small mod with a lock screw so I can do that next time.