many thanks to everyone that answered my question. It has been very clarifying.

Fernando

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 1:52 PM
Subject: [M]: RE: Map feature of TheSky software


The MAP button is used with T-Point (also from Software Bisque)
to perform telescope modeling. Great program that tell you
more about you scope and mount than you would ever want to know
and analyzes and improves pointing accuracy greatly. My 10" LX200
according T-point has an RMS pointing of ~180 arc-sec with t-point
and about 60 stars mapped it changes to 50 arc-sec
almost dead center all the time and definitely on the CCD chip each time

William 'Doug' Carroll
Arlington, Texas
10" LX200 #128258
Genesis CCD #0041
N 32 40'39.2 / W 097 08'40.8
ICQ# 110222075
Web Site: http://carroll.dynip.com




> -----Original Message-----
> Abalos Fernando-QSWI2011
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 2:31 AM
> To: Mapug (E-mail)
> Subject: [M]: Map feature of TheSky software
>
>
> Dear mapuggers:
>
> I normaly use my 10" LX200 connected to a laptop running TheSky
> software from Bisque (I have version 4, level IV). It works
> wonderfull. Some time ago I discovered that in the object window,
> if you have the telescope connected, in addition to the "slew to"
> and "sync" buttons, you have also a "map" button.
>
> Since then I am searching the manual, the on-line help, and
> experimenting my myself trying to understand what is this.
> My obsession is because it would be very nice if this feature
> kind of characterices the pointing accuracy of your complete set
> up, then allowing close-to-perfect CCD-center pointing everytime.
> But unfortunately I did not find this behavior when just experimenting.
>
> So far all information I found is a 2 lines sentence in the help
> menu: "Map: Send the coordinates of the telescope and the
> coordinates of the selected object the telescope mapping file for
> modeling the telescope's pointing." The sentence is clearly
> promising in the sense I liked, but I did not find info on how to
> use it at all.
>
> Can anyone help on that? Many thanks!!
>
> Fernando from Madrid
>

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