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Extreme Junky Posts: 468   Location: Sacramento, Calif. 38*32' X 121*26' | i know that Star Targ is software, but what is it, and how will it help me with my endeavors as an amateur astronomer and a astrophotographer??? andy has a great video abt the new features, and the price is okey, however, is this what i will use for drift alignment?? hey, you know, inquiring minds want to know these things..........  ..............as always, good sky hunting.................kreigor  | ||
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Extreme Junky Posts: 507  Location: Sand springs Okla. | Craig, startarg is a simple program that helps you accomplish a drift alignment much faster and with a high degree of accuarcy. Best 20 astrobucks I've spent. I also use it to keep subsequent frames aligned. A little trick Eric suggested.  | ||
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Extreme Junky Posts: 468 Location: Sacramento, Calif. 38*32' X 121*26' | tim, tnx fer yer info........ i will be using a CCD (Meade DSI II) for my imaging, and not a DSLR....... will nebulosity 2 be sufficient (spelling??) to work in my situation??? i'm still gathering up all my equip. and thoughts together..... from the CSC for my area, wind and overcast has put a damper on viewing, probably for the next few days... but, such as it may, i'm getting excited abt the upcoming launch of Endeavor this SATURDAY.... seven astronauts on the shuttle to the ISS, which already has 6 aboard, the total of 13 will be working in pretty cramped quarters..... the only woman is Julie Payete from Canada. i think from the east side, 'cause she has a slight french accent. they all have such a joyous smile on their faces.... wish i was goin' with 'em....... probably the wrong section for this type of thread, but i get excited when it comes to the possibility of going to other far away places.....................................................kreigor  hey, i got two green stars. must be a good thing, i hope......... Edited by kreigor 6/9/2009 1:51 PM | ||
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Forum Admin Posts: 1216  Location: Cedar Park, Texas | Hi Kriegor, The quick answer to your question is: If your camera (of any kind) will put an image on your computer desktop, then StarTarg will appear on your desktop on top of that image. StarTarg's primary use is drift alignment. Instructions for using it as such is included in the program and can be accessed by the great big button labeled thus. Attachments ----------------  answer_is_yes.jpg (87KB - 0 downloads) | ||
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Extreme Junky Posts: 468 Location: Sacramento, Calif. 38*32' X 121*26' | andy, thanks a bunch. i'll order startarg soon...............kreigor | ||
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Elite Junky Posts: 820 Location: Pensacola, FL | kreigor - 6/9/2009 9:37 AM i know that Star Targ is software, but what is it, and how will it help me with my endeavors as an amateur astronomer and a astrophotographer??? andy has a great video abt the new features, and the price is okey, however, is this what i will use for drift alignment?? hey, you know, inquiring minds want to know these things.......... ..............as always, good sky hunting.................kreigor :hmm: Not only is startarg easy to use... its the only thing i use now to do my drift alignments. that is when i am not too lazy to do them!  If you haven't already purchased it... do yourself a favor and get it. a very useful tool. | ||
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Member Junky Posts: 37 Location: Hardyston NJ | |||
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Forum Admin Posts: 1216 Location: Cedar Park, Texas | When you are monitoring a star on or near the meridian and you observe the star moving off of the crosshairs, this ONLY reveals a misalignment in the east-west direction. This is why you move to the star near the eastern horizon, because movement of the star off the crosshair while there will reveal ONLY misalignment in the north-south direction. Accurate alignment requires adjustments in both directions. Those who do only one will certainly be accurate enough for visual astronomy, but for those of us who do astrophotography, you must be as accurate as possible.  | ||
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Member Junky Posts: 37 Location: Hardyston NJ | |||
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Extreme Junky Posts: 468 Location: Sacramento, Calif. 38*32' X 121*26' | |||
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Extreme Junky Posts: 507 Location: Sand springs Okla. | |||
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Forum Admin Posts: 1216 Location: Cedar Park, Texas | Set it (in seconds) for however long you wish and when it's done it'll ding. It's just a reminder for you to know when you've been drift aligning long enough. You can use it to time eggs if you want to.  | ||
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Elite Junky Posts: 799 Location: Denver | Andy - 1/29/2010 6:31 AM Set it (in seconds) for however long you wish and when it's done it'll ding. It's just a reminder for you to know when you've been drift aligning long enough. You can use it to time eggs if you want to. :cool:  Hahaha | ||
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Extreme Junky Posts: 507 Location: Sand springs Okla. | Andy - 1/29/2010 8:31 AM Set it (in seconds) for however long you wish and when it's done it'll ding. It's just a reminder for you to know when you've been drift aligning long enough. You can use it to time eggs if you want to. :cool: | ||
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Extreme Junky Posts: 468 Location: Sacramento, Calif. 38*32' X 121*26' | if i use it for egg timin', should i have the eggs at room temp or refer temp???? a two min egg is a two min egg.... RIGHT??? boy, this astro stuff is OH SO tirering!!! and at my age i tire easily.... "HMMM!" | ||
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