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thanks again Robin good news... actually I tried time ago but it did not work probably I was using platesolve2 however if you can key in also azimuth and altitude of your scope, I think that it would be of great help it should be enough to orient the tripod it is what it must be done with "nort...

thanks Robin

a couple of questions

# is plate solving in any case reliable even though it will take longer ?
# if the mount is fitted with encoders it should report its position (azimuth and elevation)

hello

is the 2 or 3 star alignment of an AZ mount necessary before plate solving ?

Hi Alberto, I think the problem is that until you have completed the initial alignment process (selecting the two stars, centering them, confirming on the handset, etc), the co-ordinates that SharpCap receives from the mount may not be correct, which could throw off the plate solving process. Norma...

hello in night time you can not see the profile of the mountains or buildings in front of your balcony of course you remember their position but a few degrees error is likely with plate solving you can get azimut and altitude of your telescope Sharcap could memorize a series of points P (azimut, alt...

hello I get the error messages : communication timeout or : no device found in both cases my camera seems to work well what does it mean and what shall I do ? I already tried to disconnect the camera and to close and restart Sharpcap as suggested thanks in advance for your support bye Alberto

Hello Robin thanks for your support As I said to Tim I eyeball the orientation of my scope even though AZGti is an economic mount it should be reasonably accurate as far as I read on the web In case of software/mechanical issues , erros should be evident even at an eyeball control maybe cumulated er...

Hi Tim I am happy to see that at least my post is of some interest :) I use synscan app for windows 10 so I work on PC only my procedure is : 1) From the synscan menu I select "North and level " method and two stars ,possibly not too close each other 2) the scope slews to the first star, t...

Hi Brian actually the angle between Alpharetz and HD212212 is higher than 15° so I am dojng something wrong with my mount even though the orientation is not accurate, I used a compass, the "North level" method should not cause a so big error bye Alberto

further to my previous post
I attach the log file

Alberto