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5. You may repeat the point 4 if deemed necessary to improve the pointing. Our
experience is that, after the first attempt, the target is within few arcsec.
A2.3
The X
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Solver as a tool to perform N up to 24 star alignment modeling
The X-Solver is an as powerful as easy tool to built a sky model based on the alignment of a
large number of stars (up to 24) leaving the classical 3-star alignment as a thing of the past.
Before performing the modeling it is required to carry out a good polar alignment.
The modeling function is particularly useful in fixed observatory installations, however for
the speed of its execution, it may be used also for mobile installations, especially for visual
observation (after a short period of CCD use at the very beginning of the session).
The instrumentation setup is exactly the same of the simple plate solving operation already
described in the previous sections.
The operations for the sky modeling are fully executed using the command in the MODEL
tab of the X-Solver GUI.
The following is the detailed explanation of each command button.
1. The most important button of the panel is the “SKY MODEL” big button on the bottom
right, that with the Big Dipper inside. Clicking on it will invoke the SKY-MODEL window:
