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Originally Posted by codemonkey
I use Sequence Generator Pro. It can use a few different plate solvers (I use a local astrometry.net server). Basically you hook up your mount, imaging camera and plate solver and SGP will take images, solve them and then adjust the mount until it gets to within a (user-specified) distance of the target. Simple as, and SGP is very reasonably priced.
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agree. I use the ELBRUS plate solve through SGP by giving it an image from the web of the target I want to image. It then plate solves the web image and after that will automatically go to that point in the sky whenever told to. dead easy and accurate - you can set up a whole bevvy of targets and sequences and let SGP keep track of everything. On an EQ8, it usually needs one iteration to get within a few arcsec of the specified target.