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Emulating Polemaster's field of view in Stellarium
Hi Everyone,
I recently purchased a Polemaster and tried it for the first time a couple of nights ago with a very bright moon. I started my setup at 10pm. When connecting to the camera on the PC and adjusting the exposure settings, all I got was three stars in a line across the screen through all the noise. Obviously, I couldn't set the template on the screen with three stars in a line. Is the Polemaster unusable on a full moon night?
I ended up doing a manual (visual) set up by putting the cross hairs of my illuminated reticle on Polaris Australis then adjusted the latitude down to GC Oct and a slight easterly azimuth adjustment and I was pretty close.
I was also wondering if it is possible to set the 11x8 degree and 25mm focal length settings into Stellarium so that I can get a red frame of what should be in the Polemaster field of view.
I hope I have explained this well enough.
Thanks for any advice.
Rob -Hawthorndene, South Australia.
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