A tree is growing tall enough to interfere with Three Point Polar Alignment

AmyWarble:
The first two capture points are still fine, but a tree has grown enough to occlude about 1/3 of the final frame. 

I have tried to google this but I just don't understand what I'm reading and how to apply it.  I've found forum posts saying you can polar align almost anywhere in the sky.   My south sky is completely open, no trees, and is where PHD2 wants to point for calibration, anyway.

I don't know if this matters, but my focal length is 840mm and I'm operating in the northern hemisphere.

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed in trying to solve this myself.  Can someone help me? 

AmyWarble:
The first two capture points are still fine, but a tree has grown enough to occlude about 1/3 of the final frame. 

I have tried to google this but I just don't understand what I'm reading and how to apply it.  I've found forum posts saying you can polar align almost anywhere in the sky.   My south sky is completely open, no trees, and is where PHD2 wants to point for calibration, anyway.

I don't know if this matters, but my focal length is 840mm and I'm operating in the northern hemisphere.

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed in trying to solve this myself.  Can someone help me? 

You should be able to select the toggle switch for “Start from current position?” to “on” and that will allow you to run the routine from any star in the part of the sky you’ve pointed to. I do this all the time since Polaris is completely obstructed from my home. I have Stellarium set up to load coordinates to NINA.

i hope this helps!

Your sky view sounds very much like mine: open horizon to horizon East to West but only 45° (probably less that that) open directly above.

I initially point to AZ 90/ALT 40, set the options just as you noted in your original messageBasically goes East to West directly overhead. TPPA runs perfectly every time.

BTW, it’s been very surprising how many nice targets appear in that limited sky view!