2021-07-09, 11:48 PM
Hello Bob,
The finder charts are primarily meant for finding, so they accurately present what you will see to the eye, in your finding device and in your eyepiece. That includes the brightness of the sky, so you must have turned that off or you would see a bright sky. If so, I urge you to turn it back on. You do that via the Chart Preferences, Basic Style tab, set the background to Simple or Natural complex sky.
The polar finder uses these same finder charts. This feature is meant to be used at the scope in real time, so normally it would be dark and lots of stars will show. There normally isn't any point to using it during the day because you can't see enough stars to recognize the field. Can you even see Polaris during the day?
The finder charts are primarily meant for finding, so they accurately present what you will see to the eye, in your finding device and in your eyepiece. That includes the brightness of the sky, so you must have turned that off or you would see a bright sky. If so, I urge you to turn it back on. You do that via the Chart Preferences, Basic Style tab, set the background to Simple or Natural complex sky.
The polar finder uses these same finder charts. This feature is meant to be used at the scope in real time, so normally it would be dark and lots of stars will show. There normally isn't any point to using it during the day because you can't see enough stars to recognize the field. Can you even see Polaris during the day?
Clear skies,
Greg
Head Dude at Skyhound
Greg
Head Dude at Skyhound