Thanks for chiming in Brian! I'm sure much of my difficulty comes from using the built-in off-axis guide camera on my ST-4000XCM, so I don't have the privilege of a wider-field guide scope.

A pointing model is something completely different from a drift model. A simple pointing model can get you to various objects fairly accurately and takes just a few minutes per point. You can do 3 on

Thanks Don, it's easy to use and I've been getting aspect ratios of around 2% to 6% regularly. This is unprecedented with me. I set it up and go to sleep. Enjoy! Steve PS: The plate solve is very

Thanks, Steven. Here’s a link to the manual. https://forum.starkeeper.it/uploads/short-url/ikk1ph2GnqeBVLWNdbsui6rHZjH.pdf Don Rudny

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Platesolve2 is widespread and commonly used as well. Would be good to get more options than just SkyX or SGP.

I use APT for capture which is not compatible with APPM. cytan

Hi Cytan, the APPM section of the APCC Pro manual says you can also use TheSkyX Pro or Sequence Generator. -- Dean Jacobsen http://astrophoto.net/wp/ Image Gallery -

Hi guys, After all the excitement with the new sky modeling system that Roland is testing, it brought me back to whether to buy APCC Pro because APCC Pro has the sky modeling built in. And the best

Hi Mojo PHD2 will lock onto any clump of noise and hunt around the sky trying to guide on it. I'm not sure what issue you are having, but i image in the san fernando valley (the worst) and i have no

I'm really appreciating reading about Roland's work to get pointing models into the keypad. I've been doing a lot of imaging from home, LA County, with a Traveler, and an AP180EDT

Rolando, Thanks for the additional information. That was my assumption all along. The mount isn't doing anything unexpected it's responding to the input being issued. It's exactly the same scenario

When you are in counterweight up, the mount moves according to the safety protocol. There are two ways to move a mount. First is to simply issue a timed move. Example: I want to move 15 arc sec, so I

Brian, Thanks for the clarification on SGP. Just one more reason to start using it routinely. I've only been using it to interface with APPM up until now and it's been fairly straight forward to

"So you are doing several quick keypad models in the course of the night - about every 1.5 hours." Not exactly. I simply move the mount by 1.5 hours, do a short drift measure, move the mount again by

Joe SGP Direct Mount dither does not require moving back to CWD first. It moves a specified amount of time in a random direction, for example 0.10 seconds -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio

I need to try out SGP direct dithering. When direct dithering using BYN it works fine when the mount is in counterweight-down position. When the mount is in counterweight-up position and BYN triggers

OK, I'm following you. Thanks. So you are doing several quick keypad models in the course of the night - about every 1.5 hours. For a meridian flip, then do a quick keypad model and maybe another

Vincent what time of the year does your section of France go on daylight savings time or do they change clocks? -- TJF MOBILE

You would need a model for the path that the object takes, one on either side of the meridian. For some objects you may be able to start the scope under the mount and image all night long without ever