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Hello Jean-Francois, I've updated the links with the current version, which seems to be working. Please let me know what you think. I'll also implement the JNOW correction for the bright star function, which also currently slews to J2000. (which I found acceptable a few days ago, but now would like ...

Hello Jean-Francois, sorry to hear you lost your work. Maybe I can lighten your spirits with the following results of today. The End_AZ problem is solved. Instead of solving the astronomy, I iterate to the solution by trying different Alt values until I have the fitting one. What are computers there...

Hello Jean-Francois, it works... almost. The error with the starting location was due to the 58° AZ being in another quadrant (NE opposed to SE). Based on the quadrant I needed to introduce a correction factor, otherwise the math did not work out (sin, cos, tan). This is solved now, also with the &q...

Hello Jean-Francois, first of all it is good to see that the script can now be executed on your computer as well. Secondly thank you very much for your detailed testing and feedback. Yes your understanding of the AZ-end intent is correct. I'll check your parameters and see what it does on my end. Ye...

Hello Jean-Francois, as I understand it your path in the script would be then: default_Rscript = r"C:\\Progra~1\\R\\R-4.0.2\\bin\\Rscript.exe" default_pracma = default_pracma_part1 + r"\\R\\win-library\\4.0\\pracma" If you installed pracma from the source code, it would need RToo...

Hello, maybe installing the pracma libaray is not as intuitive, if RStudio is not installed. Basically you open the R x64 console and enter install.packages("pracma") then it asks if your library shall be personal as the install folder is not writeable, which you confirm. then it wants you...

Hello Jean-Francois, yes I realize that the SkySimulator is not able to simulate an error in polar alignment. However it is nice to see the alignment tool figure out that the error is close to zero - so it is helpful. Yes I remember the EQ-Mount star alignment. Still drives shivers down my spine. On...

Ok here we go. There are two versions. * One without test files which weighs in at just under 1MB https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZqJMommVxVW5BiOOTa2WtEAxZLW6KH4a/view?usp=sharing * the second version with 4 different sets of pictures to try out at about 50MB. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UDQVi...

Hello Jean-Francois, thank you for making me aware of Sky-Simulator. Had I only known earlier :-) I tried it at once with the Sky-Simulator and it works, which gives me some more confidence. Ah the use of R. I assume one could solve the math in Python, even as NumPy and SciPy are not available. R ju...

Goto a bright star in the South align_09.JPG move the to a RA/DEC position that represents the ALT correction relative to the star we are looking at. Bring the star back manually with the ALT adjustment knob on the mount. align_10.JPG move the to a RA/DEC position that represents the ALT & AZ co...