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Originally Posted by frolinmod
Is your FOV really small? NOMAD is only needed for really small FOVs. I do just fine with Hipparcos-Tycho and UCAC4.
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Umm...yeah, another
moment. Was using subframes when I was playing around so the FOV was tiny...hehe.
Now I know what I'm doing I'll change my setup from using the SCT to take pictures to using my APO 80mm (said in 'Arnie style') and possibly use two models, one for visual with the SCT and the other for photography with the APO. Logan suggested this to me a while back and I wanted to understand better what he meant by 'mirror flop' and 'flexure'. After reading the Tpoint report in detail, I see just how much error is introduced when you don't mount the tube using mount rings!
It's been an eye-opener for me. I don't think you can pay to understand this first hand...well actually you can because I did... but to experience it all first hand is better for me.