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Originally Posted by Bart
Three words for you , Marc.
Sequence Generator Pro.
Forget all the hassles with FocusMax and MaxIm DL, focus on the same star field as you are imaging in, no slewing to and fro etc. As long as you have some good darks for your autofocus routine all you will need to be is focused at the start of your sequence.
Works for me and I have forgotton what MaxIm is as I do all my processing in PI with some tiny tweaks in PS.
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Something you might not have thought about though is that doing this can lead to soft focus nearer the horizon with it getting progressively better as the system reaches the meridian. If the object does not make it very high at all then you could have slightly defocused images. Focusmax if set to focus at the Zenith will produce sharp focus every time, it does take time to do this but worth collecting sharp data.
Out of interest though CCDautopilot also allows focus within the same field if you want that. I prefer to have the scope go to the meridian for the best focus I can get.