Okay, that's what I understood from what Craig has said previously. But I think most imagers want longer exposures than 20 seconds. How would this work if a user wants to do 10 minute

Roland, Is there plans to have available this without the keypad ?

It isn't set on the first image, it sets on the second one, so a short ~20 sec image is made first, then another ~20 sec image is made, and the initial tracking corrections are then applied on the

I'll be spending my next few days surfing the PHD2 forum. Thanks Brian :) On 5/28/20 7:02 PM, Brian Valente wrote: -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA

So, in a first time setup how is the tracking rate set for the very first image? -Ray Gralak Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): https://www.astro-physics.com/apcc-pro Author of PEMPro

Hi Mojo We're not so far apart on our setups: i have an OAG with Lodestar that is 752 x 582 8.4u @840mm focal length Your camera has the TC-237 tracking CCD (657 x 495 pixels at 7.4u) @ 1620mm focal

Yes, it works at multiple new targets in one night in different parts of the sky. The methodology incorporates a plate solve of each image and subsequent correction using data from the previous image.

Does that work if you are going to do multiple new targets in one night in different parts of the sky? I think that type of application may be useful for certain types of telescopes that are hard to

I use SkyX, but would love to see ASTAP or PS2 become supported.

SGP does not have internal plate solving routine. There are 4 options for plate solving. All have a learning curve. Astrometry.net (remote and local) (free) ASTAP (free) PinPoint ($150US)(APPM can

Mo, You might be surprised to learn you can use a small guide scope and guider array where it becomes easy to find a guide star. Just say'n. J Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note9, an AT&T 5G Evolution

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 On Thursday, May 28, 2020, 03:15:15 PM CDT, Dean

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