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Old 21-01-2014, 07:08 PM
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Peter Ward
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Accurate mount pointing

Up until recently, I used Sky6 and a few add-ons to keep my dome and scope automated.

It still works well, but having to solve various third party issues recently I really needed more than a cursory knowledge of SkyX.

So I went the whole enchilada and have mirrored Sky6 and SkyX systems for some time now.

One thing SkyX does *really* well is plate-solve/image link with T-point to build an excellent pointing model.

While I'm hardly the first, I encourage others who haven't been down this path to try it.

The attached image is from a mere 32 point auto-mapping run.

17arc seconds RMS all-sky pointing isn't too shabby!
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