The plan is to:
move mount to panel coordinates,
plate-solve and recenter,
auto-focus,
enable guiding and dithering, take 15x4min subs, stop guiding.
Then repeat for each panel.
So I set the sequence to perform "MOUNT GOTO", "MOUNT SOLVEANDSYNC", "AUTOFOCUS", "GUIDING START", "GUIDING WAIT", "CAPTURE 15 FRAMES", "GUIDING STOP" step for each panel.
Does that sound right?
How does "GUIDING START" step work?
Does it connect the guide camera, start looping exposures, auto select guide stars and start guiding in PHD2?
What does "GUIDING STOP" step do?
Here's the actual sequence. Could you please check it for any obvious errors?
Thanks.
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SEQUENCE
DELAY 1
STILL MODE
SET COLOUR SPACE TO RAW16
SET OUTPUT FORMAT TO "FITS files (*.fits)"
GUIDING CONNECT ABORT False
FOCUSER CONNECT
TARGETNAME "Veil P1"
MOUNT GOTO "20 47 34, 31 20 48"
PRESERVE CAMERA SETTINGS
SET GAIN TO 550
SET EXPOSURE TO 10
MOUNT SOLVEANDSYNC
SET EXPOSURE TO 2
AUTOFOCUS OFFSET -75 TO 75 STEP COUNT 15 BACKLASH 0
END PRESERVE
#Capture 15 Light frames (using exposure 240s, gain 105)
GUIDING START
GUIDING WAIT
PRESERVE CAMERA SETTINGS
SET EXPOSURE TO 240
SET GAIN TO 105
SET OFFSET TO 20
FRAMETYPE Light
GUIDING DITHER EVERY 240
CAPTURE 15 FRAMES REQUIREGUIDING True
GUIDING DITHER EVERY STOP
END PRESERVE
GUIDING STOP
TARGETNAME "Veil P2"
MOUNT GOTO "20 55 37, 31 20 48"
PRESERVE CAMERA SETTINGS
SET GAIN TO 550
SET EXPOSURE TO 10
MOUNT SOLVEANDSYNC
SET EXPOSURE TO 2
AUTOFOCUS OFFSET -75 TO 75 STEP COUNT 15 BACKLASH 0
END PRESERVE
#Capture 15 Light frames (using exposure 240s, gain 105)
GUIDING START
GUIDING WAIT
PRESERVE CAMERA SETTINGS
SET EXPOSURE TO 240
SET GAIN TO 105
SET OFFSET TO 20
FRAMETYPE Light
GUIDING DITHER EVERY 240
CAPTURE 15 FRAMES REQUIREGUIDING True
GUIDING DITHER EVERY STOP
END PRESERVE
GUIDING STOP
TARGETNAME "Veil P3"
MOUNT GOTO "20 47 32, 29 38 1"
PRESERVE CAMERA SETTINGS
SET GAIN TO 550
SET EXPOSURE TO 10
MOUNT SOLVEANDSYNC
SET EXPOSURE TO 2
AUTOFOCUS OFFSET -75 TO 75 STEP COUNT 15 BACKLASH 0
END PRESERVE
#Capture 15 Light frames (using exposure 240s, gain 105)
GUIDING START
GUIDING WAIT
PRESERVE CAMERA SETTINGS
SET EXPOSURE TO 240
SET GAIN TO 105
SET OFFSET TO 20
FRAMETYPE Light
GUIDING DITHER EVERY 240
CAPTURE 15 FRAMES REQUIREGUIDING True
GUIDING DITHER EVERY STOP
END PRESERVE
GUIDING STOP
TARGETNAME "Veil P4"
MOUNT GOTO "20 55 26, 29 38 1"
PRESERVE CAMERA SETTINGS
SET GAIN TO 550
SET EXPOSURE TO 10
MOUNT SOLVEANDSYNC
SET EXPOSURE TO 2
AUTOFOCUS OFFSET -75 TO 75 STEP COUNT 15 BACKLASH 0
END PRESERVE
#Capture 15 Light frames (using exposure 240s, gain 105)
GUIDING START
GUIDING WAIT
PRESERVE CAMERA SETTINGS
SET EXPOSURE TO 240
SET GAIN TO 105
SET OFFSET TO 20
FRAMETYPE Light
GUIDING DITHER EVERY 240
CAPTURE 15 FRAMES REQUIREGUIDING True
GUIDING DITHER EVERY STOP
END PRESERVE
GUIDING STOP
END SEQUENCE