I opened them, they are fake images with trashed FITS headers that are barely even passable. Why would I care if fake images solve? I dont take fake images. I take real ones. Here, try a real image: H

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Support platesolve 2, support ANSVR, support ASTAP. The point really is that limiting the options to ancient software (SkyX, Maxim, and PinPoint are ancient) and having the only modern option being SG

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Wrong. But this isnt a debate thread so I will leave that as my only retort.

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Pinpoint is not a requirement to get that benefit. That is my whole point here. APCC Pro is excellent and well worth the money. I have said that here, on CN, and anywhere else I can! 🙂 PEMPro is anoth

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APCC is $500. That is well worth the price of admission as it is a very well featured piece of software that extends the experience with the product greatly. PinPoint is ancient old tech that has no p

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Yeah thats because they are make-believe images from DSS. Not something a user would ever actually encounter. Testing this is a waste of time.

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Ray, I dont "care that its free" but since you went there, I will be more frank. I think Pinpoint is ancient, overpriced, and along with everything else the author of that software writes - serves no

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No disagreement from me. I do have SkyX, but it runs like a slug on my MiniPC I use for imaging, while PS2 and ASTAP run like lightning on it. Voyager (and NINA by the way) also run very smoothly on t

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Also PlateSolve2 is free. I would even accept that for APPM. Anything to prevent folks from needing to run the expensive PinPoint program or a full imaging suite just to plate solve.

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Post the FITS image file please.

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I never said APPM natively solves. I was saying it doesn't need to solve frequently enough for me to be concerned about ASTAP.

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Voyager uses ASTAP natively and it works like a champ. APPM doesn't solve repetitively enough for me to be concerned about it.

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Would be great if APPM could skip SGP and just solve directly with ASTAP.

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http://www.hnsky.org/astap.htm

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Yes, you can tell APPM how long to wait for the mount to settle. Default I believe is 10 seconds, something like that.

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Could run a VM for the second instance.

I have used the Pegasus driver for over a year now. Works great. Wish it had pressure support.

My Mach 1's CP4 upgrade arrived via FedEx today (thanks AP!) and it was on the mount and tested within minutes of its arrival.

The camera has pretty severe tilt challenges. I have one as well and getting the field flat is a chore with a CTU.

Thanks Roland. I think you have one of those at AP... 🙂