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Hi Robin, Ah ok, yes it's now available, thanks. It seems there is no interaction with ASCOM driver of mount to ask for available rates. I can set King rate without any error message on a mount where there is none. But I'm not sure if this is an issue of ACSOM driver for this mount, it may accept th...

From a quick search I only found

https://rhodesmill.org/skyfield/kepler-orbits.html

Hi Robin,

maybe you can please add a command to set tracking rate, Sideral/Lunar/Solar/King .. if available in mount.

CS
Thomas

Hi Robin, I wonder if there is a similar lookup for things like comets and asteroids that have varying position... I am not aware of anything like this, you can certainly download the current orbit data, e.g. from the MPC https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/MPC_Documentation.html but you have to c...

Hello,

many other programs allow simple online queries for GOTO.
SIMBAD identifier query would be nice.
IMHO it is not much effort to ask SIMBAD for RA/DEC of given identifier ?

CS
Thomas

Hello,

I just wanted to say thanks again, it works as expected and is a great help for mounts that can't save a parking position.

CS
Thomas

Hello, Save Co-ordinates <ParkRA, ParkDec> for later use IMHO it would be nice to call it just RA, DEC. It is an (ASCOM) target, and normally you can SYNC or SLEW to(AKA GOTO) a target, that's it. SYNC to RA/DEC ist also used if you align your mount (set park position is only a special case of align...

Hi Robin, I'm afraid I still don't understand why a step like CODE: SELECT ALL Sync to co-ordinates RA=XXXX, Dec=YYYY would be particularly useful. If the co-ordinates are part of the step then they would need editing frequently as the 'sync' co-ordinates that you want are not always the same. If yo...

Hello, you can't do it for arbitrary co-ordinates (ie there is no way to do SyncToCoordinates(RA=14, Dec=+23) ) It depends what you mean with "can't do" .. yes SC sequencer can't do it, that is the whole reason why I ask for such a sequencer step all the time. Any mount or planetary progra...

Hello Robin,

2) Perform a GOTO or SYNC by providing the co-ordinates as part of the ASCOM method call (SlewToCoordinates, SyncToCoordinates)

Exactly this SyncToCoordinates, how can I do it in SC sequencer ?


Thomas