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Originally Posted by RickS
G'day Adam,
First question: dunno, it always seems to get the image scale right for me. 3.0x seems about the right image scale without the reducer. I wonder if that's a coincidence? Have you set the correct (reduced) focal length in Maxim?
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Thanks Rick, I have just checked it with Ron Wodaski's CCDCalc - and I get 4.2 arcsec/pixel with the reducer. I was pretty sure that I entered in 255mm for the focal length - buuut - it was late so anything is possible. Although surely the focal length it calculates from the image after solving should be correct??
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Originally Posted by RickS
Second question: on my mount a sync is a sync no matter where you do it (unless you tick the box that says to convert a software sync to a recalibrate!) The last sync is the only one that is remembered.
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ok
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Originally Posted by RickS
Third question: you should be able to overlay an image on the observatory zoom window now and calibrate to use auto center.
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hmm.....what? Can you repeat that more slowly for the intellectually challenged among us (ie: me!)
Adam