ASIAIR question about polar alignment

[beamer3.6m]

Quick question.

When doing the PA routine with ASIAIR I am aware that the mount moves in RA and an image is taken to plate solve etc

 

My question is what stars are imaged at this time as I have a very very poor northerly direction view so I'm concerned that I may struggle to get the star image.

[The Admiral]

A relatively new experimental feature of the ASIAir is the 'all sky polar align' feature, which can be found under the 'i' button. You switch it on, and then you can do a PA looking towards the South. I've used it because I too have a poor view towards the North, and it seems to work well enough. Remember to switch it back off again when you want to do an ordinary PA. Have a look at this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP2Z32e5ZcI

Ian

[beamer3.6m]

6 minutes ago, The Admiral said:

A relatively new experimental feature of the ASIAir is the 'all sky polar align' feature, which can be found under the 'i' button. You switch it on, and then you can do a PA looking towards the South. I've used it because I too have a poor view towards the North, and it seems to work well enough. Remember to switch it back off again when you want to do an ordinary PA. Have a look at this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP2Z32e5ZcI

Ian

Brilliant.