strips east | west | north | south [buffer=] [catalog=] [step=]
makepointing.coord
that is a bunch of bright
stars emanating from just south of the zenith that are
evenly spaced.
You must specify either: east, west, north,
or south
.
The stars are unique and go up to the telescope limits by
the number of degrees specified by buffer
.
buffer= specifies how close in degrees to the limits the telescope will advance to. The default is 40 degrees.
catalog= specifies the catalog used to find the stars.
The default is yale
, but sao
or fk5
are valid options.
If you are sneaky, you might be able to add other
bright program options.