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  1. A powerful finder

    Combine it with the Skeye planetarium software.
    For rough direction to find an object, use the SkEye capability (sensors of the phone), than align finally via plate solving.
    Define calibration of phone direction, as the phone might not be parallel to the telescope axis, and most phone holders do not allow any mechanical adjustment.

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    under review  ·  AdminHarshad (Developer, SkEye) responded

    Hi. 


    Just to let you know, SkEye Cam has a simple yet effective alignment option. I have used it to find DSOs from city skies very easily, and it doesn't require mechanical adjustment.


    While in Live View, click the "unlock cross-hairs" button, and then drag the cross-hairs so that they are centered on the star or terrestrial object that is in the center of field of view. And then press lock. That's it!


    Integration with SkEye for sensors isn't required, as SkEye Cam does use sensors on its own too. However, SkEye has a larger database of objects. I am still in two minds whether to replicate the database in SkEye Cam or to integrate with SkEye in some way.


    clear skies!

  2. Bulls Eye target with known angular radius

    After calibration, the app knows the FOV angles. This can be used to draw bulls-eye circles with known radius (2 degrees, 4 degrees, etc)

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  3. Align to bright object

    When aligning the cross-hairs to an object, it would be nice to snap to a known object.

    Possible ways to do this:

    1. Show a button "Align to Vega" when Vega is near to the cross-hairs
    2. Show a list of nearby objects to snap to
    3. Have a "snap" mode which snaps the cross-hair to nearest object while dragging. But this might be tricky when there are two objects nearby.
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