No, it is not an ASCOM driver issue. Not 100% sure that it is an
autoguiding issue either but in my mind at least it very well could be.



But, on this topic, if I were to want to bypass the guider relays...to rule
that out...



Setup Maxim 5.18 to guide via ASCOM direct. As I am using The Sky 6... in
the mix here, along with ACP, and an older version of Focusmax do I need to
configure anything with the "observatory control window" in Maxim or just
use the AP ASCOM driver? Maxim's help mentions this, but it doesn't look
like I need to do so for ASCOM direct. I have nothing configured in the
now, rather not add another layer of complexity if not needed.



Would calibration be about the same as for guiding through the relays,
looking for a movement of 40 pixels or so?



In the AP ASCOM driver, would I guide at 1X, .5X, or .25X? I currently
guide at 1X with the relays.



What about aggressiveness during guiding? With the relays run 6 to 6.5,
similar or...? Run this higher? I seem to have a recollection that the
issue was that the scope was getting sent corrections or something when I
tried this before but might not have had it setup right.



Anything else I am missing here?



Thanks...



Mike J. Shade: mshade@q.com

Mike J. Shade Photography:

mshadephotography.com



In War: Resolution

In Defeat: Defiance

In Victory: Magnanimity

In Peace: Goodwill

Sir Winston Churchill

Already, in the gathering dusk, a few of the stars are turning on their
lights.

Vega, the brightest one, is now dropping towards the west. Can it be half

a year since I watched her April rising in the east? Low in the southwest

Antares blinks a sad farwell to fall...

Leslie Peltier, Starlight Nights



International Dark Sky Association: <http://www.darksky.org/>
www.darksky.org



From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 12:59 PM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues?

Yes (or through whatever the native STL6303E uses for guiding).

Ok, in that case the ASCOM driver is not involved in this autoguiding issue.

-Ray Gralak
Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):
http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/ap
cc
Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver
Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com
Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma

-----Original Message-----
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 12:31 PM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues?



Yes (or through whatever the native STL6303E uses for guiding). I did try
guiding through ASCOM direct or whatever it was, didn't seem to work very
well if I recall. There seemed to be an issue with corrections being sent
to the mount. It may have been as simple of not knowing the right settings
for that configuration. Not running USB to the mount, USB of course to the
camera.

A finicky guider relay might account for this though. The system

calibrates

just fine with a 40+ pixel movement in both RA and DEC. I have replaced

the

guider dongle on the camera and will try another guider cable. Over the
years have seen guider cables do weird and unexpected things.

Mike J. Shade: mshade@q.com

Mike J. Shade Photography:

mshadephotography.com

In War: Resolution

In Defeat: Defiance

In Victory: Magnanimity

In Peace: Goodwill

Sir Winston Churchill

Already, in the gathering dusk, a few of the stars are turning on their
lights.

Vega, the brightest one, is now dropping towards the west. Can it be half

a year since I watched her April rising in the east? Low in the southwest

Antares blinks a sad farwell to fall...

Leslie Peltier, Starlight Nights

International Dark Sky Association: <http://www.darksky.org/>
www.darksky.org

From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 11:08 AM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues?

Hi Mike,

I am suspecting something with guiding, easiest is weird guider cable,
maybe the guider plug on the camera.

Are you autoguiding through relays?

-Ray Gralak
Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):

http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/ap

cc
Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver
Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com
Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma

-----Original Message-----
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 9:58 AM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues?



Here is the scenario: AP1600GTO permanent in observatory with CP4

controller, Planewave CDK17,
Optec

Gemini focuser-rotator/SBIG STL6303E camera, unbinned resolution

.64"/pixel. Running Maxim 5.18
and

ACP. So far so good. Now here is where it gets curious. As I am in SE

AZ,

had to shut down for
monsoon

from early July to middle of September. All electronics were unplugged,

I

do not suspect
lightning damage.

Prior to shutdown in July this system returned round stars across the

frame in 10-minute subs,
guided.

After starting up again in September, noticed that the stars were ever

so

slightly off in RA,
maybe a pixel or

two, just enough to be not quite round, again in RA only. However,

images

in RA last night showed
several

frames where there were actually double stars. Looking at the guider log

showed some pretty good
jumps in

RA. The guider calibrates just fine with a 40+/ pixel move, and I have

been able to do a 5-minute
unguided

with round stars after startup in September. Of course checked primary

mirror spacing,
collimation, if

everything is snug, cable drag and so on. I have remeshed the gears and

redone PEC, issues
persists.

This is a random issue. The Maxim guider log shows some hefty jumps in

RA

but NOT in DEC.

It is curious that prior to shutdown it worked like a champ...now...some

issues with a number of
images that

are just out of round enough as to be useless, in RA. It is always in

RA.

I have looked for
rodent damage,

none.



I am suspecting something with guiding, easiest is weird guider cable,

maybe the guider plug on
the camera.

Anyone else seen this or have thoughts? I know this is about as broad as

"gee doc, I have a

headache"...could be anything.



AP driver number is 5.09.07.









Mike J. Shade: mshade@q.com

Mike J. Shade Photography:

mshadephotography.com



In War: Resolution

In Defeat: Defiance

In Victory: Magnanimity

In Peace: Goodwill

Sir Winston Churchill

Already, in the gathering dusk, a few of the stars are turning on their

lights.

Vega, the brightest one, is now dropping towards the west. Can it be

half

a year since I watched her April rising in the east? Low in the

southwest

Antares blinks a sad farwell to fall...

Leslie Peltier, Starlight Nights



International Dark Sky Association: www.darksky.org

<http://www.darksky.org/>

I calibrate at about 0 degrees dec east of the meridian. I am of course guiding through the guider relays currently.



If anyone can assist in setting up ASCOM direct, I'll try that again, perhaps earlier attempts were not configured properly...



Mike J. Shade: mshade@q.com

Mike J. Shade Photography:

mshadephotography.com



In War: Resolution

In Defeat: Defiance

In Victory: Magnanimity

In Peace: Goodwill

Sir Winston Churchill

Already, in the gathering dusk, a few of the stars are turning on their lights.

Vega, the brightest one, is now dropping towards the west. Can it be half

a year since I watched her April rising in the east? Low in the southwest

Antares blinks a sad farwell to fall...

Leslie Peltier, Starlight Nights



International Dark Sky Association: <http://www.darksky.org/> www.darksky.org



From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 2:48 PM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues/configure ASCOM?





Mike,



How high up on DEC are you initially Calibrating your guider?



I assume, as a matter of course, that you would calibrate the guider right at the Celestial Equator & Prime Meridian. The guider software “should scale” its guide movements

at the actual DEC target guiding start position - (which is provided to it by TSX). Some software (e.g. CCDSOFT), may need the target star’s DEC value to be entered by the user.



Obviously, if you start off by calibrating at a high DEC angle, the guiding will either be much less precise or fail entirely.



In such case, this could account for your occasional “larger guiding jumps”, if seeing conditions cause momentary loss of target.



Joe





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi Mike,

But, on this topic, if I were to want to bypass the guider relays...to rule
that out...

Setup Maxim 5.18 to guide via ASCOM direct. As I am using The Sky 6... in
the mix here, along with ACP, and an older version of Focusmax do I need to
configure anything with the "observatory control window" in Maxim or just
use the AP ASCOM driver? Maxim's help mentions this, but it doesn't look
like I need to do so for ASCOM direct. I have nothing configured in the
now, rather not add another layer of complexity if not needed.

It's been a long time since I used Maxim 5.x, but I don't think you want to use "ASCOM Direct". You
want "Telescope", and you need to setup the Telescope to use the Astro-Physics ASCOM driver in the
observatory window, *and* you need to connect to the driver in the Observatory window. If you don't
connect, then I don't think Maxim will be able to use the driver.

Would calibration be about the same as for guiding through the relays,
looking for a movement of 40 pixels or so?

I can't tell you how many pixels movement should occur as that depends on image scale, guider rate,
and duration of exposure. However, if you do, say, 20 seconds per axis, that should be good enough.

-Ray Gralak
Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):
http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/apcc
Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver
Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com
Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma

-----Original Message-----
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 1:48 PM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues/configure ASCOM?



No, it is not an ASCOM driver issue. Not 100% sure that it is an
autoguiding issue either but in my mind at least it very well could be.

But, on this topic, if I were to want to bypass the guider relays...to rule
that out...

Setup Maxim 5.18 to guide via ASCOM direct. As I am using The Sky 6... in
the mix here, along with ACP, and an older version of Focusmax do I need to
configure anything with the "observatory control window" in Maxim or just
use the AP ASCOM driver? Maxim's help mentions this, but it doesn't look
like I need to do so for ASCOM direct. I have nothing configured in the
now, rather not add another layer of complexity if not needed.

Would calibration be about the same as for guiding through the relays,
looking for a movement of 40 pixels or so?

In the AP ASCOM driver, would I guide at 1X, .5X, or .25X? I currently
guide at 1X with the relays.

What about aggressiveness during guiding? With the relays run 6 to 6.5,
similar or...? Run this higher? I seem to have a recollection that the
issue was that the scope was getting sent corrections or something when I
tried this before but might not have had it setup right.

Anything else I am missing here?

Thanks...

Mike J. Shade: mshade@q.com

Mike J. Shade Photography:

mshadephotography.com

In War: Resolution

In Defeat: Defiance

In Victory: Magnanimity

In Peace: Goodwill

Sir Winston Churchill

Already, in the gathering dusk, a few of the stars are turning on their
lights.

Vega, the brightest one, is now dropping towards the west. Can it be half

a year since I watched her April rising in the east? Low in the southwest

Antares blinks a sad farwell to fall...

Leslie Peltier, Starlight Nights

International Dark Sky Association: <http://www.darksky.org/>
www.darksky.org

From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 12:59 PM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues?

Yes (or through whatever the native STL6303E uses for guiding).

Ok, in that case the ASCOM driver is not involved in this autoguiding issue.

-Ray Gralak
Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):
http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/ap
cc
Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver
Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com
Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma

-----Original Message-----
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 12:31 PM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues?



Yes (or through whatever the native STL6303E uses for guiding). I did try
guiding through ASCOM direct or whatever it was, didn't seem to work very
well if I recall. There seemed to be an issue with corrections being sent
to the mount. It may have been as simple of not knowing the right settings
for that configuration. Not running USB to the mount, USB of course to the
camera.

A finicky guider relay might account for this though. The system

calibrates

just fine with a 40+ pixel movement in both RA and DEC. I have replaced

the

guider dongle on the camera and will try another guider cable. Over the
years have seen guider cables do weird and unexpected things.

Mike J. Shade: mshade@q.com

Mike J. Shade Photography:

mshadephotography.com

In War: Resolution

In Defeat: Defiance

In Victory: Magnanimity

In Peace: Goodwill

Sir Winston Churchill

Already, in the gathering dusk, a few of the stars are turning on their
lights.

Vega, the brightest one, is now dropping towards the west. Can it be half

a year since I watched her April rising in the east? Low in the southwest

Antares blinks a sad farwell to fall...

Leslie Peltier, Starlight Nights

International Dark Sky Association: <http://www.darksky.org/>
www.darksky.org

From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 11:08 AM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues?

Hi Mike,

I am suspecting something with guiding, easiest is weird guider cable,
maybe the guider plug on the camera.

Are you autoguiding through relays?

-Ray Gralak
Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):

http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/ap

cc
Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver
Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com
Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma

-----Original Message-----
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 9:58 AM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues?



Here is the scenario: AP1600GTO permanent in observatory with CP4

controller, Planewave CDK17,
Optec

Gemini focuser-rotator/SBIG STL6303E camera, unbinned resolution

.64"/pixel. Running Maxim 5.18
and

ACP. So far so good. Now here is where it gets curious. As I am in SE

AZ,

had to shut down for
monsoon

from early July to middle of September. All electronics were unplugged,

I

do not suspect
lightning damage.

Prior to shutdown in July this system returned round stars across the

frame in 10-minute subs,
guided.

After starting up again in September, noticed that the stars were ever

so

slightly off in RA,
maybe a pixel or

two, just enough to be not quite round, again in RA only. However,

images

in RA last night showed
several

frames where there were actually double stars. Looking at the guider log

showed some pretty good
jumps in

RA. The guider calibrates just fine with a 40+/ pixel move, and I have

been able to do a 5-minute
unguided

with round stars after startup in September. Of course checked primary

mirror spacing,
collimation, if

everything is snug, cable drag and so on. I have remeshed the gears and

redone PEC, issues
persists.

This is a random issue. The Maxim guider log shows some hefty jumps in

RA

but NOT in DEC.

It is curious that prior to shutdown it worked like a champ...now...some

issues with a number of
images that

are just out of round enough as to be useless, in RA. It is always in

RA.

I have looked for
rodent damage,

none.



I am suspecting something with guiding, easiest is weird guider cable,

maybe the guider plug on
the camera.

Anyone else seen this or have thoughts? I know this is about as broad as

"gee doc, I have a

headache"...could be anything.



AP driver number is 5.09.07.









Mike J. Shade: mshade@q.com

Mike J. Shade Photography:

mshadephotography.com



In War: Resolution

In Defeat: Defiance

In Victory: Magnanimity

In Peace: Goodwill

Sir Winston Churchill

Already, in the gathering dusk, a few of the stars are turning on their

lights.

Vega, the brightest one, is now dropping towards the west. Can it be

half

a year since I watched her April rising in the east? Low in the

southwest

Antares blinks a sad farwell to fall...

Leslie Peltier, Starlight Nights



International Dark Sky Association: www.darksky.org

<http://www.darksky.org/>

Hi Mike,

But, on this topic, if I were to want to bypass the guider relays...to

rule

that out...

Setup Maxim 5.18 to guide via ASCOM direct. As I am using The Sky 6... in
the mix here, along with ACP, and an older version of Focusmax do I need

to

configure anything with the "observatory control window" in Maxim or just
use the AP ASCOM driver? Maxim's help mentions this, but it doesn't look
like I need to do so for ASCOM direct. I have nothing configured in the
now, rather not add another layer of complexity if not needed.

It's been a long time since I used Maxim 5.x, but I don't think you want to
use "ASCOM Direct". You
want "Telescope", and you need to setup the Telescope to use the
Astro-Physics ASCOM driver in the
observatory window, *and* you need to connect to the driver in the
Observatory window. If you don't
connect, then I don't think Maxim will be able to use the driver.



Thanks Ray. I think when I tried this before it was ASCOM direct and I
think that bypasses The Sky 6. If I recall, it worked (calibrated) but
there was some issue in regards to proper guiding corrections or something.

I would prefer, if possible to not have another layer of software in the
system...already have Focusmax/Maxim/Sky 6/ACP. Up until I restarted after
monsoon shutdown, it was a good system, generated good data.

Perhaps others, with direct experience can chime in. I hate to have to
reinvent the wheel.

Would calibration be about the same as for guiding through the relays,
looking for a movement of 40 pixels or so?

I can't tell you how many pixels movement should occur as that depends on
image scale, guider rate,
and duration of exposure. However, if you do, say, 20 seconds per axis, that
should be good enough.

-Ray Gralak
Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):
http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/ap
cc
Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver
Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com
Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma

-----Original Message-----
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 1:48 PM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues/configure ASCOM?



No, it is not an ASCOM driver issue. Not 100% sure that it is an
autoguiding issue either but in my mind at least it very well could be.

But, on this topic, if I were to want to bypass the guider relays...to

rule

that out...

Setup Maxim 5.18 to guide via ASCOM direct. As I am using The Sky 6... in
the mix here, along with ACP, and an older version of Focusmax do I need

to

configure anything with the "observatory control window" in Maxim or just
use the AP ASCOM driver? Maxim's help mentions this, but it doesn't look
like I need to do so for ASCOM direct. I have nothing configured in the
now, rather not add another layer of complexity if not needed.

Would calibration be about the same as for guiding through the relays,
looking for a movement of 40 pixels or so?

In the AP ASCOM driver, would I guide at 1X, .5X, or .25X? I currently
guide at 1X with the relays.

What about aggressiveness during guiding? With the relays run 6 to 6.5,
similar or...? Run this higher? I seem to have a recollection that the
issue was that the scope was getting sent corrections or something when I
tried this before but might not have had it setup right.

Anything else I am missing here?

Thanks...

Mike J. Shade: mshade@q.com

Mike J. Shade Photography:

mshadephotography.com

In War: Resolution

In Defeat: Defiance

In Victory: Magnanimity

In Peace: Goodwill

Sir Winston Churchill

Already, in the gathering dusk, a few of the stars are turning on their
lights.

Vega, the brightest one, is now dropping towards the west. Can it be half

a year since I watched her April rising in the east? Low in the southwest

Antares blinks a sad farwell to fall...

Leslie Peltier, Starlight Nights

International Dark Sky Association: <http://www.darksky.org/>
www.darksky.org

From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 12:59 PM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues?

Yes (or through whatever the native STL6303E uses for guiding).

Ok, in that case the ASCOM driver is not involved in this autoguiding

issue.

-Ray Gralak
Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):

http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/ap

cc
Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver
Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com
Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma

-----Original Message-----
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 12:31 PM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues?



Yes (or through whatever the native STL6303E uses for guiding). I did

try

guiding through ASCOM direct or whatever it was, didn't seem to work

very

well if I recall. There seemed to be an issue with corrections being

sent

to the mount. It may have been as simple of not knowing the right

settings

for that configuration. Not running USB to the mount, USB of course to

the

camera.

A finicky guider relay might account for this though. The system

calibrates

just fine with a 40+ pixel movement in both RA and DEC. I have replaced

the

guider dongle on the camera and will try another guider cable. Over the
years have seen guider cables do weird and unexpected things.

Mike J. Shade: mshade@q.com

Mike J. Shade Photography:

mshadephotography.com

In War: Resolution

In Defeat: Defiance

In Victory: Magnanimity

In Peace: Goodwill

Sir Winston Churchill

Already, in the gathering dusk, a few of the stars are turning on their
lights.

Vega, the brightest one, is now dropping towards the west. Can it be

half

a year since I watched her April rising in the east? Low in the

southwest

Antares blinks a sad farwell to fall...

Leslie Peltier, Starlight Nights

International Dark Sky Association: <http://www.darksky.org/>
www.darksky.org

From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 11:08 AM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues?

Hi Mike,

I am suspecting something with guiding, easiest is weird guider cable,
maybe the guider plug on the camera.

Are you autoguiding through relays?

-Ray Gralak
Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):

http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/ap

cc
Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver
Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com
Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma

-----Original Message-----
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 9:58 AM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: [ap-gto] Some odd RA issues?



Here is the scenario: AP1600GTO permanent in observatory with CP4

controller, Planewave CDK17,
Optec

Gemini focuser-rotator/SBIG STL6303E camera, unbinned resolution

.64"/pixel. Running Maxim 5.18
and

ACP. So far so good. Now here is where it gets curious. As I am in SE

AZ,

had to shut down for
monsoon

from early July to middle of September. All electronics were

unplugged,

I

do not suspect
lightning damage.

Prior to shutdown in July this system returned round stars across the

frame in 10-minute subs,
guided.

After starting up again in September, noticed that the stars were ever

so

slightly off in RA,
maybe a pixel or

two, just enough to be not quite round, again in RA only. However,

images

in RA last night showed
several

frames where there were actually double stars. Looking at the guider

log

showed some pretty good
jumps in

RA. The guider calibrates just fine with a 40+/ pixel move, and I have

been able to do a 5-minute
unguided

with round stars after startup in September. Of course checked primary

mirror spacing,
collimation, if

everything is snug, cable drag and so on. I have remeshed the gears

and

redone PEC, issues
persists.

This is a random issue. The Maxim guider log shows some hefty jumps in

RA

but NOT in DEC.

It is curious that prior to shutdown it worked like a

champ...now...some

issues with a number of
images that

are just out of round enough as to be useless, in RA. It is always in

RA.

I have looked for
rodent damage,

none.



I am suspecting something with guiding, easiest is weird guider cable,

maybe the guider plug on
the camera.

Anyone else seen this or have thoughts? I know this is about as broad

as

"gee doc, I have a

headache"...could be anything.



AP driver number is 5.09.07.









Mike J. Shade: mshade@q.com

Mike J. Shade Photography:

mshadephotography.com



In War: Resolution

In Defeat: Defiance

In Victory: Magnanimity

In Peace: Goodwill

Sir Winston Churchill

Already, in the gathering dusk, a few of the stars are turning on

their

lights.

Vega, the brightest one, is now dropping towards the west. Can it be

half

a year since I watched her April rising in the east? Low in the

southwest

Antares blinks a sad farwell to fall...

Leslie Peltier, Starlight Nights



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You can use ascom direct.  It's for those that don't have a telescope setup in the observatory control window.