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Ive been useing this over the last few days . I asume you mean the free AAGTpoint mapper?, if not, download it, its the standard and works very well. The best catalog is GSC11 (guide star catalog, also free and downloadable, warning, its huge).
The star catalog is what Tpoint uses to plate solve (calculate where the scope is actually pointing by comparing star positions from it with a scope image, GSC11 is the standard, and also used by other programs like focusmax aquirestar)
Tpoint LE wont work, you need Tpoint full (although some plate solve programs use CCDsoft and Tpoint LE apparently).
I suppose your useing the Sky also?
I found The sky, Maxim DL, Tpoint and AAGTpoint mapper together work soo smoothly, its amazing to watch the map being built, slewing all over the sky. With just a 40 point map, and the polar align report at the end, polar aligning this way is quicker and more accurate than drift align!.
Setting up is very important (image scale, FL,exposures etc) for plate solving to work, and your scope should be reasonably well polar aligned and synced 1st.
Its all painfull to get going at 1st, but well worth the effort IMO.
What mount are you using?.
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