>>> I'm slewing at 600x which seems comfortable. Are you in a dome? I'm slewing at 1200x. it's fast, but i usually only get a small number of failed solves we're not in a dome - rolloff @ obstech

i had my 1600 set to 3 seconds, but we'll see if the added settle time makes a difference the slew speed can also affect this, and the 1600 slews pretty fast! i may look at slowing that down as well i

>>> But whatever, so far I've only had 2 points fail. only 2 points failing is quite good FYI i was redoing a 100+ point model and took the time to watch some of the solver images being captured I fou

>>> I would go further to say that you think it is a great solution because of the sunk cost you have on your ledger. haha wow you guys just don't give up on this! I didn't say it's a great solution,

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>>> Fine, would you quibble about me asking you to send me $150 plus yearly sub costs since, apparently, it means nothing to you? Are you really that full of yourself? I have no idea why you would be

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I see we agree on many other things ;)

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>>> Pinpoint for me is a no-brainer to NOT purchase. fair enough, everyone has their own view of things And I generally agree, pinpoint compared to other solutions does seem a bit outdated on a number

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My AP mount (and presumably yours) cost untold thousands of dollars (worth it), Filters, camera etc. telescope are probably equivalent but likely more. APCC costs about 1500 full price(?) and you want

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Dale that's a good point, and relevant to other plate solvers as well There are many choices of star databases out there to solve from. picking the right one that matches your fov is important

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>>> If the image area is smaller, for example because of a longer focal length, it may be more of a challenge. we're at 0.63"/pix and APPM+pinpoint has worked great When we do a sky model with around

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wow really nice Ron! has a lot of depth to the image

afaik ASTAP (and other solvers) do not have a direct mount interface. you have to use an intermediary piece of software (typically the imaging/control program like maxim, SGP, etc.) to do that. And th

Kushrow in PHD2, you can do this two ways: 1. start guiding, and then run the Guiding Assistant, which will disable guiding output. if you want to characterize your mount's performance you should run

GSC 1.1 catalog "easy installer" download here, courtesy of bob denny http://gsc.dc3.com/GSCInstall.exe

roland i have maxim DL 6 which has astrometry built in (as noted earlier). It's under analyze menu. if you have that in version 5, that would probably be the easiest path for you:

>>> They plate solve standalone, i should clarify, they all need you to do a separate download and install of a reference star database. THEN it's standalone :)

They plate solve standalone, If you need to sync the mount coordinates, you will also need a compatible imaging program to do that. (for example ASTAP lists CCDCiel, NINA, APT or SGP). The imaging pro

Astro tortilla is about as simple as it gets ASTAP is another one

wow looks great, really nice work

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>>>Forgive my ignorance, but what is the reason for wanting a fan-less mini-PC. Is it power consumption, vibration, air currents (but there will be thermal currents regardless), or something else? On