Am I correct that this feature is the same functionality Roland used via the keypad on the Mach2 to build a model only along the path of the target to be imaged? If so that sounds like a big win for mobile imagers like myself.
The implementations are independent of each other, but the concept is similar. APCC's Declination Arc Tracking is an idea I first had over 15 years ago. The feature does not use the typical model that you would find in TPoint or other premium mounts. It uses hybrid modeling: pointing correction is handled with a full-sky model, but tracking rate correction is dealt with via a different mathematical model that is optimized for localized tracking accuracy. The tracking rate modeling accounts for mechanical terms that the full-sky pointing model does not and thus produces higher tracking rate accuracy than a full-sky model.
-Ray
-----Original Message----- From: main@ap-gto.groups.io [mailto:main@ap-gto.groups.io] On Behalf Of skester@... Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 10:07 AM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Subject: Re: [ap-gto] APCC model like Mach2
Am I correct that this feature is the same functionality Roland used via the keypad on the Mach2 to build a model only along the path of the target to be imaged? If so that sounds like a big win for mobile imagers like myself.
