Sorry about this post, which is clearly to the wrong forum! I was
wondering why it wasn't appearing in the EQMOD forum.

Bernard


--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "Bernard Heathcote" <bbh_pacific@...>
wrote:

>
>
> I'm still very new to EQMOD and having a problem underestanding what

the

> alignment MAP window is displaying. I understand the various coloured
> 'dots' but am confused about their plotting. I'm in the southern
> hemisphere and am using alignment stars in the range -60 to -70 dec.
> After I complete a three, or more, star alignment the MAP window shows

a

> large circle, with all my stars well outside the circle ... and some

not

> even getting on the map. My initial interpretation of the display is
> that the circle represents zero declination and what is inside is the
> northern hemisphere, with 90N dec at the centre. If this is correct

then

> it explains why all my alignmnent stars are well outside the circle,
> some not seen. If not correct, then what is being displayed? It would
> seem logical to me to have the circle centre as the observer's zenith,
> but that doesn't explain what I'm seeing.
>
> Bernard Heathcote
>