Acquiring a Guide Star

For a full description refer to section . The acquisition of guide stars proceeds in two steps: (1) location a suitable guide star on the Finder and moving the probe to the corresponding position, and (2) locking the probe onto the guide star and closing the guide loop.

• Locating guide stars at Prime Focus
• Locating guide stars at the Cassegrain focus
• Using guide stars of known RA and Dec (either focus)
• Acquiring a guide star