Hi Robin,
Tested the "Goto Image" tool in version 4.0.9132.
PNG file: It successfully plate solves the "blind plate solve" problem. I left the "Refine position using plate-solve and resync" checked, which was probably a mistake using the Folder Camera. Unfortunately, the "replay" button on the folder camera was ghosted out and not available, so the "waiting for a new frame capture" lasts forever ... However, "cancel" would not work while it was waiting for a frame. I needed to kill SC.
Tried it again without the "Refine position" option, and it completes OK.
FITS file: Loaded a FITS file from a different part of the sky and it worked like a charm, quickly, and slewed the telescope (simulator) correctly.
Would have liked to try with "Refine position", for a folder Camera file on this object, but the above problem would not permit that. Not a serious issue, given that the "Refine position" option is there to adjust a real scope, not a simulator plus folder camera!
Thanks Robin. Another cool tool in SharpCap's arsenal.
Cheers, Chris.
GOTO Sky Coordinates of Image fails
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Re: GOTO Sky Coordinates of Image fails
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Re: GOTO Sky Coordinates of Image fails
Hi Chris,
thanks for the report - I will see if I can at least make the cancellation work properly in the case you described with the folder monitor camera. I think the reason you cannot hit 'repeat' is that the main SharpCap window is disabled during the GOTO Image procedure...
cheers,
Robin
thanks for the report - I will see if I can at least make the cancellation work properly in the case you described with the folder monitor camera. I think the reason you cannot hit 'repeat' is that the main SharpCap window is disabled during the GOTO Image procedure...
cheers,
Robin