Is there a way to completely clear an APPM-generated model from APCC? I see i can disable pointing and tracking, but i want to remove the model completely from APCC thanks

Regarding the question about Tpoint versus APCC, I highly recommend going with APCC. Not only will you get an improved pointing model but you will also get an improved tracking model which is pretty c

i use SGP + Pinpoint for plate solve with exposure time of 5 seconds bin 1 (FLI proline 16803 camera). I got maybe 5 solve failures in a 400 point model and it took about 3 hours. not sure how that li

CORRECTION from dc3 website: The time limit for the Astrometry.net all-sky solving engine is ten minutes. During routine tests, we have observed an occasional image that ran for over 5 minutes then so

>>> If you’re using Pinpoint in Maxim, just open it and click on Search Sky Online (must have internet connection but I assume you do because you are remote). I'm pretty sure this feature uses astrome

Jim you can install ansvr which is blind platesolve that you can run locally http://adgsoftware.com/ansvr/ It's pretty straightforward to install, but you need to pay attention to your imaging scale a

They are working on bringing up the camera for our building (the other 4 already have them) i may just work with them to set the limits. The gopro is a good idea, but i feel like i would need 3 or 4 o

Hi everyone I'm wondering how you set your ap mount limits when you can't access your mount? I'm thinking meridian limits and absolute limits (i.e., so it doesn't crash into the pier) We have a 1600 G

those big offsets and changing directions look an awful lot like the spiral dither pattern in PHD

really wonderful images, well done

Just to close that out, we believe the reflections are caused by a missing baffle around the main mirror on the planewave cdk17. very unusual this happened, but a fix is in the works Brian

>>> It really appears to me to be that somehow PHD2 (and ASIAir guiding - which borrows from PHD2) is sending something to the AP900 controller that turns off or stalls the tracking. okay now i'm less

Dean sorry - i didn't mean to suggest you interpreted incorrectly, all i was saying is that the first move, if everything that was written is correct, was not likely the culprit of the lost star someo

>>> So the star gets lost because the mount stalls at the first calibration command. i really don't think that's what's going on if you can provide your relevant PHD log and debug files it would be ea

>>> Another AP900 user in Europe has been using the ASIAir for guiding without any problem...so it seems it can be done. maybe get in contact with that user and see what are the working settings?

afaik you have to use PEMPro

your shot looks great! we have to get this setup dialed in to image in earnest no diagonal in there. still hunting it down

>>>What kind of scope is that? ah sorry - Planewave CDK17 + FLI Profline 16803

wrapping up first light, I apologize for the rather terrible reflections and total lack of any calibration frames, but for 20 mins of lum integration (@ 60 sec/image) and the crazy polar misalignment

Ray - this is a fantastic program, particularly APPM. outstanding! doing our first light remote, and the technician did a very rough polar alignment. the stars were visibility moving across the screen