Hello Gerhard,

> > I only ran into problems when I tried to resync
> > to a star - which just did't work.
>
> how did you try this? May be, I have not found this feature until now but I
> think there is no resync function implemented in Guide8.
>
> In my meaning resync is to look through the eye piece or on a camera image
> and than tell the software with a mouse click on the monitor star map at
> which object the telescope is really pointing at the moment.
>
> This procedure can be done for instance in software "Cartes du Ciel". There
> is a sync function in the telescope menue.
>
> But it would be a great feature in Guide8 too, in future versions.

I use this "resync" function all the time. It's the large uppermost button of the
"telescope panel". In the german language localisation it is callend "Referenz +".

Clear skies
Bernd


Bernd Brinkmann

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