Solving with smaller than recommended field
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 12:45 pm
There is a thread on CloudyNights where a guy is trying to do a SharpCap polar alignment with a FOV much smaller than recommended:
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/5839 ... try7988747
He gets a successful first solve, but after the second the circle target and arrow are not on the screen. While I've never had the problem I imagine others have since he noted "The guide text says if arrow and target are off screen, restart alignment."
I wonder if in circumstances like this having SharpCap draw a different colored arrow in the direction of the target would help them get closer to a place where the polar alignment routine would produce success.
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/5839 ... try7988747
He gets a successful first solve, but after the second the circle target and arrow are not on the screen. While I've never had the problem I imagine others have since he noted "The guide text says if arrow and target are off screen, restart alignment."
I wonder if in circumstances like this having SharpCap draw a different colored arrow in the direction of the target would help them get closer to a place where the polar alignment routine would produce success.