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time lapse. At this point is possible to tap the “
Align”
command on the
“Telescope
Bar”.
Figure 5.3
Issuing the Align command causes the movement of the telescope pointer to the
North Celestial Pole (see oval 7) at the correct RA and DEC “Home” position (see
oval 8) where the mount is indeed pointing. This information is sent to the StarGO.
This is also the initial position of the telescope in case of Alt-Az mode. From this
moment the movement of the telescope is synchronous with that of SkySafari.
4.
Now the telescope can be operated using the available commands and the
direction control on the side of SkySafari screen below. On the left the RA direction
controls and on the right the DEC controls. The telescope movement rate can be
adjusted using the yellow “Rate” slide bar above the telescope controls.