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Robin & Dave Thanks for the positive feedback. Hopefully folks who are addressing the same challenge will find my video and not have to do all the legwork we went through. Not bankrupt, but I think I spent close to $500 on the parts for this, only some of which I actually need for myself. The re...

Focal reducers are an essential tool for EAA used to speed up the optics and get wider fields of view but reaching zenith with one on some Alt-Az mounts can be a challenge. The results from the limited clearance between the back of the OTA and the base of the mount on fork mounts like the Celestron ...

Menno Thank you but you misunderstand the problem. I have owned Sharpcap for 5 years and was trying to renew, but I used a different email so instead of renewing it ended up creating a new user account. I got the license info for this new user account. I wanted to renew, not obtain a new license. Be...

I posted the final episode of my video series "6 Essential Tools for EAA" where I discuss what I view as the 6 things anyone who wants to get into EAA will need. Not surprisingly, there is a great deal of overlap with traditional astrophotography as well. The latest video covers options fo...

I just uploaded the 3rd video in my series "6 Essential Tools for EAA" which covers Live Stacking Software and Computers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRk2wsrOnNM Not surprisingly, Sharpcap is my strong recommendation for Live Stacking SW. Not because SharpCap is the basis of this forum...

Last month I posted the first video in a series of videos I am putting together to help folks who want to get into EAA. In this series I am addressing what I call the "6 Essential Tools for EAA". The first video discusses what to look for when choosing an optical tube assembly (OTA) and a ...

Over the past year and a half I have posted several videos on my YouTube channel related to the equipment and techniques we use for amateur astronomy. Most recently, I began producing a video series on what I call "The Six Essential Tools for Electronically Assisted Astronomy" which includ...

Robin, Thank you for the clarification. On the CN forum someone reported that Celestron's SW developers indicated that the CPWI Ascom driver uses JNow coordinates. So based on that and your reply, the Celestron mount requires coordinates in JNow, which SC is providing and displaying, but the CPWI SW...

I just got a CGX-L mount and have been trying out the Celestron/PlaneWave CPWI mount control software. I also use Sharpcap to control my camera and collect images. Since SC can also connect to the mount and control the mount GoTo, Polar alignment and Plate solve I have connected SC to the mount thro...