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

Larry you may just need to download the ascom drivers, which are a separate install? check their website for that download

>>> Be sure you do the last step of PEMPro calibration, the step that produces the L-pattern. In the distant past I had to invert the curves, but that was because I skipped the last calibration step.

>>> My question is, is there any way to perform an unpark from park 3?, yes - when you unpark in APCC, change "unpark from last park" to "unpark from Park 3"

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haha yes, i guess i should have been more declarative ;) APCC *has* a built-in terminal, and you could just click on it and open up the terminal window and begin typing in your commands directly to th

doesn't APCC have a built-in terminal?

Hi Curtis Can you upload your PEMPro logs? Brian

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Hi Tony AP produced a document on DEC and RA Drift Alignment This is the document I saved off from them. I think it's also available on their website

Really beautiful on my retina macbook :) Brian

pretty amazing is this with your 5nm Ha filter? maybe go for broke and do 2 hr exposures on the 3nm ;)

interesting that just 10mm would do that

Dean I wouldn't get too caught up about pressure, it doesn't seem to impact the model that much and it doesn't really change that much either this is a 2+ year graph of pressure at Obstech which essen

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