Re: ATM using DSC for polar alignment...

["Tom & Lou Krajci" <krajcit@3lefties.com>]

>From: "Benoit Schillings" <benoit@be.com>


>I was wondering of different ways I could use my digital setting
>circles to
>speed up the polar alignment of my German Equatorial mount (MI-250)...

I seem to recall a discussion on the astrophotography mailing list a couple
months ago about this very thing

Archives at:
http://www.system.missouri.edu/ics/staff/andy/APML/search.html

It was a discussion led by the programmer at Astrophysics that helped
develop some pointing software for their high end mounts.  I think he
mentions being able to do it by daylight on brighter stars so that you are
in no rush during twilight.

Here's one message that deals with it:
http://www.system.missouri.edu/ics/staff/andy/APML/ARCHIVES/FEB99/msg00432.h
tml

Good luck!
Tom Krajci

PS.  Congratulations on getting a MI-250.  I hope you are happy with it!