I have never been able to see the third ( dimmest ) star, and only use
Polaris and the remaining star. I do not image, but I do notice
accuracy of my SkyCommander DSC goes way up if I take my time and align
on these 2.
-David
On Thu, 29 Jun 1999 16:48:01 -0700, Peter Santangeli wrote:
>Three points give you absolute orientation. Once you have all three
>stars centered in their respective gaps, you are assured that you
>are aligned. The patience part come in in that you need to rotate the
>reticle, then change your alignment, then rotate again, then change
>again, etc, etc. Eventually you get the rotation correct, and the
>stars just fall into place.