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Originally Posted by frolinmod
If you're doing manual rather than automated calibration runs, ouch, you're poking yourself with a sharp stick. Slap a CCD camera on that baby, bin 3x3 (or 4x4 with a QSI583) and run a 180+ point automated calibration. If you're permanently mounted in an observatory, a long winter night is perfect for doing a 700+ point calibration run that you won't repeat for a good long time.
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Doing it manually is not so bad. It was nice to be back out under the stars after a long period of cloud and rain.
I have no choice at the moment other than do it manually, I do not have a camera to put on it.
I have ordered an SBIG STI, that will not be here until the end of the month. And I still can't decide between the SBIG STX and the FLI Proline.
I do like the idea of doing an automated calibration run of 700 points. I would imagine the pointing error would end up very small. Mind you 11 arc sec is not bad after 100 points.
Cheers
Phil