losmandy gemini 2 tracking but no GOTO

[icytailmark]

tonight i had my scope out and i managed to get my mount polar aligned because saturn stayed in the FOV for over an hour with only a small amount of drift. Im still trying to get the GOTO in the gemini 2 to work. I am using the gemini ascom program to go the alignments. I enter in the co ordinates of the star then i press goto on the program. The scope goes near the star but i always have to make adjustments to center the star. Once the Star is in the FOV i press Sync on the first star.Next i choose another star and do the same process except this time i press Align1 button.I am using alignmaster for the best 2 stars.

Can anyone give me the correct procedure in doing the star alignment please? I am only guessing on how to do this. Any tips would be great as i really want the goto working so i can find alot of objects to view.

[mithrandir]

The software for multiple alignments is not finished, and you have to do some alignment stuff through the Gemini web interface.

You should be following the Gemini ASCOM and Gemini-II user's groups on Yahoo.

[icytailmark]

yeah i am andrew but there is still not much info out :(

[mill]

Mark, if your polar alignment is spot on then the G11 will slew to any object and you only have to do a one star alignment.
When i start up my mount and slew to a star or object, it will be in the middle or near the middle of my imager.
I am using the sync function in TheSky6 and nothing else.

[TrevorW]

Apparently star alignment/sync at the moment only works through the web interface

I've used Alignmaster with good affect

[icytailmark]

does the gemini driver program work with a one star alignment or do i need to buy thesky6?

[leon]

Yep Mark it will if you are pretty well aligned to the SCP, that is all i ever used when i was imaging, you don't need to set up a alignment model, as some do.

Leon