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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Make sure your image scale is correct.
Unclick use all sky image link for automated pointing runs in the Automated Pointing Run window. For some reason that caused my Tpoint to not plate solve and it took me a while to discover that. As Peter points out you must need to download a database for that to work. I should do that too. It could be handy. I am downloading it now. Its 1.6gb and is at the SB Support site.
I find its best to use the Take Image and Link Photo to get the actual image scale and enter that into the automated pointing run box. If you can't run that image link TPoint wont work either.
Make sure you have the binning of the camera set correctly and the image scale for that binning. I was using 5 second 2x2 binning and then doubled the image scale that was reported for 1x1 binning. Make sure you are using the luminance filter. Make sure its a long enough exposure to give enough stars.
Try that and see how it goes. I find no trouble with my Proline 16803 as it gives lots of stars but found it hit and miss with the Trius 694 (mostly miss!).
Greg.
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Originally Posted by PRejto
Hi Aiden,
I think you need to use the "All Sky" page for Image Linking. To use it though you need to download the All Sky data base which is quite large (a gig). I think that will get you going.
I can really relate to what you are going through with this type of mount and getting one's head around the initial polar alignment. I actually resorted to taking my camera off. The All Sky solution was designed just for this type of problem.
Peter
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Originally Posted by Atmos
I am pretty sure that that error doesn't always mean that it hasn't been able to plate solve the image, more so that it is too far outside of the accepted pointing location. I am using an EQ6 Pro, I find I either get this when it is too far off of polar alignment or sometimes after having done a successful model and "Accurate Polar Alignment" routine.
I have personally found that it works best if after doing a model and proposed corrections:
• I tell T-Point that I have finished my calibration data.
• Take an image, run image link and then resync to a portable mount (keeps Super Model) and begins a recalibration model.
If I end up having an issue after that I park the mount, double check that the mount is in correct park position (syncing sometimes moves it), wipe all calibration data and start again. Takes an extra 90 seconds.
Your MX should be far more TSX friendly than it is to EQMOD  |
thanks for the help guys, i was running EQMOD and astrotortilla before and it was much more user friendly (that is saying something) i did run take an image and link it, it was picking up the rotation and scale easily enough. also with the plate solving, i think worked but it was too far out of the location it thought it was pointing. i was going to ask if there was all sky plate solving in the software, i am downloading it now. hopefully this sorts it out, then i need to deal with the autoguiding issue. one day i will be able to take a picture