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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Wow, you really got your mount setup beautifully Marcus.
I tried using PemPro demo to fit a PEC. I got a PEC curve but its upload to PME option did not work as it said to do. Or at least I don't think it did.
How did you find Precision PEC? Pempro claims to be more accurate because of a few things it takes into account. But of course if you can't upload it when done it isn't is it?
How did you do your polar alignment - CCD drift alignment? Or did you use T-Point and follow its recommendations?
I improved mine recently and am back to round stars. I was getting slightly eggy stars for a while.
One thing that helped was I entered the time more precisely using my iphone's clock.
And using a 15 point T-point polar alignment recommendation.
I think I need to do a 50 point model and see what the recommendation is to tweak it a bit more. Automapper may be just the tool. Is it hard to set up?
Greg.
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PrecisionPEC was simple and uploaded the PEC curve to the PME without issue. Given it's such a small PE I was surprised it fitted a curve so well.
I used a smaller 30 star TPoint model to do the polar alignment. Your PA would have to be pretty bad to yield out of round stars! What guiding software were you using?
Yes, accurate time on your PC is critical. Download NMEA time (small cost) to connect to an internet time server. It will update your clock when you start up and then you can set it to update regurlarly - I set mine to update every hour.
AutomapperII is very easy to use ... and it's free!
Cheers, Marcus