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Old 30-12-2011, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by vanwonky View Post
Thanks guys. I think the alignment issue is going to be my biggest challenge with Alignmaster not giving me good stars for my backyard. I have changed the 'sterne.txt' file provided on IIS for more local stars but still no good. Oddly enough when I first loaded Alignmaster (on a night I didn't have the scope setup) it gave me Canopus and Achenar at the top of the list at about 8.30. No problems I thought. Never since . I am going to give drift alignment a go just so I can tear some more hair out.
Sorry have to laugh, I have exactly the same issue. I had to wait till 1:00am in the morning before certain stars are available to align. I too an in the middle of altering the file as well.
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