Polar Alignment no longer solving
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 4:47 am
Hi Robin,
I'm at a bit of a loss to understand why but my setup is no longer solving- stars are identified and in sufficient number but no joy is being had. The images are solved just fine via TheSkyX so I suspect there's something strange happening that unfortunately will be difficult for me to troubleshoot due to weather here for the next few nights.
The setup is a 50mm finderscope with a ZWO ASI178 set to 2080 x 2080 binned X2 which should yield a FOV of 1 degree 23' square according to TSX. Sharpcap seems happy with the default settings and picks up stars easily but will never advance. The polar alignment of the mount was quite good to begin but perhaps it has settled a bit, TPoint reported alignment to within 2' of the NCP last week.
I can't seem to attach an image (reported as too large) but here's a link to one in google drive:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8Ckr ... XFKRTJWdG8
Sorry for the lack of information but that's what I have for now. I'm a bit stumped, this worked well months ago down to FOVs of ~30' with another telescope.
Thanks in advance,
Bill Dean
I'm at a bit of a loss to understand why but my setup is no longer solving- stars are identified and in sufficient number but no joy is being had. The images are solved just fine via TheSkyX so I suspect there's something strange happening that unfortunately will be difficult for me to troubleshoot due to weather here for the next few nights.
The setup is a 50mm finderscope with a ZWO ASI178 set to 2080 x 2080 binned X2 which should yield a FOV of 1 degree 23' square according to TSX. Sharpcap seems happy with the default settings and picks up stars easily but will never advance. The polar alignment of the mount was quite good to begin but perhaps it has settled a bit, TPoint reported alignment to within 2' of the NCP last week.
I can't seem to attach an image (reported as too large) but here's a link to one in google drive:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8Ckr ... XFKRTJWdG8
Sorry for the lack of information but that's what I have for now. I'm a bit stumped, this worked well months ago down to FOVs of ~30' with another telescope.
Thanks in advance,
Bill Dean