Frankly, at a cost of $0 and maybe 45s of my nightly imaging time...it's "accurate enough". :)

If you are doing one alignment per night and can rely on autoguiding instead of a corrected tracking rate (to reduce autoguider movements), you can certainly get away with doing that.

Now, if you are doing a supernova search, or many objects per night, the time to do plate solves and autoguiding setup will add up. :-)

-Ray Gralak
Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/apcc
Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver
Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com
Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma

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From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 8:31 AM
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Subject: [ap-gto] Re: How Accurate Is the GoTo Feature of APCC for Imaging



I couldn't begin to tell you how pixel-perfect APs can be made to slew...quite frankly, I haven't spent the
money or time on the software, hardware, and effort to build a model, have a proper procedure for using it,
or whatever.

You know what i can tell you?

AP ASCOM driver is free, lots of plate solve engines (PS2, Elbrus, Astrometry) are free, and with even a
cursory alignment and calibration, my Mach1's slews are accurate enough that platesolving takes < 1
minute, and NEVER takes more than 1 pass.

Frankly, at a cost of $0 and maybe 45s of my nightly imaging time...it's "accurate enough". :)