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Old 22-06-2009, 11:20 AM
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How do I do a plate solve and can my Tak mount do it?

Hi all,

I am just trying to get my head around this. To explain: I bought a QSI a couple of weeks ago. Now I understand that I will most likely need to image a target over more than one night to get great results or should I say really great results. So from what I have read so far I need to do a plate solve to get the camera back into the same position each night. How do I go about doing that and given that the Tak EM400 does not seem to have a home position, how do I ensure that the mount is in the same position each night when I start? What do other guys do? I am using the sky 6 as my goto system.

This is not terribly urgent but I want to get my head around this before the QSI arrives.
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