Just noticed that if I loosen the focuser lock screw then the entire pinion assembly wobbles up and down. If the focuser is fully locked then it does not wobble (or only a little). Shall I tighten

yanzhe liu That is good to hear, thanks for the update What camera were you using, and does it have the built-in SBIG guider? I'm glad it solved the problem, but i'm not entirely sure what's going on

Sure. The APCC files are large because it was a whole night run. The model was built about 6:30pm local (EST) and the go-to for the slew-to-zenith sometime after 7:30am local (just after an unpark

Hi Linwood, Can you provide a link to your zipped log files? (Please use the APCC Log zipper to zip up the ASCOM, APCC, APPM, and your PNT files). I would like to take a look at what happened.

Hi Linwood, The Dec-Arc tracking rate model only calculates tracking rates, and the All-Sky pointing models handle pointing everywhere and tracking rates outside of the Dec-Arc tracking rate

If doing it in NINA, You need to do it at the beginning of each target. There's no provision in the (current) NINA sequencer to load a prior model (obviously a human could in APPM if you wake up for

Which one may ask: if doing two targets, run the two areas at the beginning or run the second just after the first target is done? Cheers

So I think I can answer my own question. Last night I built a model for PacMan that covered maybe 60% of its Arc. It modeled nicely, and had good tracking, and really good guiding (and yes, I

Thank you Dale, this looks to be incredibly useful for those who set up and tear down and do not want to build a whole sky model each night, especially those who image unguided. This brings up a

This is great news. Thanks for doing this!

Yep. You do need to select and configure their desired plate solver in APPM. In the context of using NINA as the camera, the realistic options are ASTAP, TSX, or PinPoint. For NINA, our preference

In looking through the documentation it certainly appears that you guys have created a very elegant way to do things. I am presently connecting APPM to Sequence Generator Pro for the camera operation

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Hi all, Some of you who have been using NINA, perhaps with my Utilities For Astro-Physics Mounts plugin, might be interested in a new plugin that will eventually supersede and replace that plugin.

Possibly, but not this year. Rolando

Idle question: Whatever happened to the 3600GTO “El Capitan" mount? Looking at photos of it on its massive portable pier, carrying a PlaneWzve 24”, I realized it’s the ideal solution to my

Last night I turned off guiding during download and it worked. I will test more in the next few days. Thanks everyone for the help.

Autofocus can shift the camera which will cause the star to jump. Try turning off Autofocus and see if you still get the jump. Rolando

Hi David, The exact cause for the issue on a few computers is not known, but I think the problem is likely a missing Windows DLL in Windows 10. The fact that virtual ports were working for you in

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