Telescope Window
Telescope control is an integral part FocusMax which provides advanced capabilities such as an automated Center Star function, Slew, AcquireStar, etc.
The Telescope window provides information on current telescope:
Right Ascension (RA)
Declination (Dec)
Local Sidereal Time (LST)
Hour Angle E (-) and W (+) of the meridian.
Azimuth (Az)
Altitude (Alt)
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Slew buttons
N, S, E, W slew buttons will allow you to slew the telescope a specified slew distance in minutes and secs.
The Center star will trigger FocusMax to:
Take an image
Automatically find the brightest star in the image
Slew the telescope to center the star.
This feature requires that the system first be calibrated - see Preferences / Telescope.
The Find after Center option will take an image to verify the star is centered
