Aperture Circles in Guide 8 ....

roddfrench May 27, 2004

.. Question from a prospective purchaser.

Hi,

I've read the HTML manual but browsing round projectpluto reveals more
functionality!

How do aperture circles work please - my specific questions are:

Can Guide8 compute the real FOV given my 'scope and eyepiece spec or
must I do that myself? (Anyone know how please?)

Can the circle be somewhere other then the centre of my screen?

Does the Aperture circle remain fixed on my screen or once created is
it pinned to an RA/dec or Alt/Az?

Can I have several identical circles on my screen at once (for example
to plan a star hop)?

And on a more general note, many objects display parameters can be
modified using right-click/display. Does this include moving the item
to a new position?

Thanks,
--
Rod.