This is to announce a web sheet sheet guide to using manual setting circles: Manual setting circles - basic use http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/plan/mansetcir/ManSettingCi... Although the narrative is not the best, the document includes a table of 638 brights stars visible above -38 degs declination for use by northern hemisphere observers near 41 deg north latitude. http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/plan/mansetcir/html/BayerTa... The list includes only stars that have Bayer and Flamsteed numbers above magnitude 4.5. The list is used to provide the J2000 coordinates of bright reference stars near a desired target. Then only a short manual slew using manual setting circles is needed to reach the target. - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net