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I'm testing as I'm posting this. The fundamental ASCOM driver is still AutoSlew along with all its shortcomings (e.g. lack of TrackingRate support, TZ issues, etc.) where N.I.N.A. is expecting full ASCOM compliance.
Photon's ProxyHub sits between N.I.N.A. and AutoSlew just like how ASCOM DeviceHub or Remote Server would. But ProxyHub will pass though to AutoSlew whatever AutoSlew supports, but interjects ASCOM calls AutoSlew does not support. It seems to work well enough to allow N.I.N.A. to operate smoothly. So this addresses N.I.N.A.'s 3-star Polar Alignment routine.
As for the N.I.N.A. ASA Plug-In, it's based on the N.I.N.A. 10Micron Tools Plug-In but just modified to make the output AutoSlew readable. Attached screenshot is my 50 point model which took only 20 mins (much faster than ASA's Sequence AutoPoint!).
I did a 20 min single Lum sub with my Pentax 125SDP (with reducer) at a 616mm focal length using my ASI6200MM camera at Bin1x1. Shared here is the full frame, and a 1:1 and it's pretty much round.
This has streamlined my workflow considerably.
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