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Old 08-10-2008, 06:34 AM
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When you have calculated your field of view - you could measure the diameter of your sketch, then the distance between two stars, and divide them.

For example:-
If your sketch was - say - 6 inches across
And the field of view was - say - one degree
Then you measure the distance between two stars, and it is - say - one inch.

Then you know that they are 1/6th as far apart as your field of view (one degree)
and 1/6th of a degree = 10 arcminutes

These are just simple round figures - your actual measurements may require more complicated maths - but the principle is the same.
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