Adjust or "bump" object after GOTO for framing

ryan1776

I'm not sure how to phrase this or explain it, but lets say I "GOTO" an object, for instance the Firework galaxy... There's an open cluster near it, NGC 6939, what if I wanted to offset the Galaxy and get some more of the cluster into my frame. How do I go about doing that? Or is there not a way?

Thanks everyone!

Ryan

w7ay

Hi Ryan,

The way I do it is to note the RA and DEC values of the initial target, and edit the values manually in their boxes as the new "target object". From then, a GOTO should take you where you want to be, with a plate solve to confirm it.

Note the numbers down (or you can use astrometry.net to plate solve your images) so the next time you want to add more sub images, you can simply use the same coordinates.

Regards,

Chen