Excellent Astronomy Tools Link
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 12:25 am
I was on the phone with Celestron Tech support today talking about how to use the handset and Sky Portal to slew the Telescope using the mount motors BUT without aligning the Telescope first. She gave me the answers and If you are interested let me knoe and I'll tell you. She also sent me a link called Astronomy Tools which I apologize if you already know about it. It's such an excellent site for simulating how the FOV will look for a specific Deep Space or Solar System objects based on your exact equipment (Telescope and Eyepieces) that you tell it.
It also has several Astronomy Calculators, Star Charts, a Coordinate lookup tool and other links.
TheFOV tool is really cool as the site has an extensive data base of actual Telescopes and Eyepieces and objects to simulate the FOV based on the Telescope and particular eyepieces you select. You can add several eyepieces to the simulation and it will show you the FOV and Magnification of all of them simultaneously via color coded FOV circles.
Here is the link: https://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/
It also has several Astronomy Calculators, Star Charts, a Coordinate lookup tool and other links.
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Here is the link: https://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/