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Old 07-10-2011, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Bassnut View Post
Aquirestar in Focusmax (with DL and platesolving) will automatically slew to the nearest star of a set mag (say 5), focus, and slew back.
Aquire star is not used with an automation program, the automation program has it's own focus star selection routine. Ccdap's focus star selection is called skystar. In ccdap you select the mag range of the guide star, and it selects a guide star automatically at the mag and altitude selected.

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