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Hey

Hope some one can help me?? just bought sharpcap ( after seeing Astrodude's youtube nice job by the way) i bought it just for the polar alignment only but i could not get it working dont think it was getting enough stars. it would solve in the up position but when o rotated 90 degrees it could not solve. not sure if my fov is okay or not guide scope is a skywatcher st80 and guide cam is a gpcam 130m. when i look at the image the cam and scope give though PHD2 i see loads of stars. Any help would be appreciated

Cheers

Andy

Hi,

there is a troubleshooting page dedicated to helping people deal with just this sort of issue. You can find it here –
https://www.sharpcap.co.uk/sharpcap/fea ... leshooting - hopefully that will get you sorted.

Cheers, Robin

Robin

Thanks for your reply..

Had another go last night. More gain longer exposure ( 4.5s i think). it pick up enough stars to solve immediately and worked a treat. The quickest Polar align i have ever done!!!!.

Cheers

Andy

Hi Andy,

good to hear that you got it working with those little tweaks and that the polar alignment worked quickly and well for you.

Cheers, Robin