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Originally Posted by bluesilver
Thanks for the replies and advise, appreciated.
When you say solve near the pole first, , Do you mean just pick a star that is close, something like Atria and do a sync on this fist?
Then away you go from there?
I have a longish focal length that i am working with, so a bit more of a challenge, 120mm, but everything else looks to be ok.
I might reinstall the plate solve 2 software just incase i have made a mistake there somewhere.
I decided to give it a go on Orion just because i could get it reasonably centered on the screen before i trued out the point craft program.
I find it surprising that it couldn't solve the image when it is reasonably close.
Will go back through the setting again though just to make sure i haven't entered something else incorrect there.
Appreciate all advice.
Thanks.
Peter.
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Hi Peter, I dont point at anything, just adjust focus til "about right", platesolve whatever I'm pointing at when I am in the home position after polar aligning, ie, pointed pretty much at the Southern Celestial Pole. I leave it to APT to tell me where I'm pointing.
And yes, I'm also surprised that it couldn't solve Orion, but I'm hoping that letting the system figure its own spot in the first place might help
