Plate solve moves to wrong location
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 5:39 pm
My sequence ran the first plate solve fine and I imaged for a few hours. Then I moved the mount and plate solve got lost.
I moved from the Helix Nebula to the Cocoon Nebula at about 1 AM on 9/6 and the move seemed to work correctly but the plate solve moved the scope off of the target. The Sequencer states that
Info 01:03:02.967767 #1 Before Sync mount is at RA=21:53:25,Dec=+47:16:09
This is the correct location RA 21 53 25 DEC 47 16 09 this is what was entered in the location to move the mount. Then the next Sequencer event
Info 01:03:03.996182 #1 After Sync mount is at RA=22:01:30,Dec=+46:58:39
Focus was great and I always wait (70 seconds on a 30 second frame exposure for plate solve purposes)until an entire frame is processed before calling platesolve so no streaks.
Why would plate solve move me so far off of the target and think it was correct? Could my mount clutch have slipped?
Lol I have 3 hours of deep space. Pretty stars.
Thanks for your help
I moved from the Helix Nebula to the Cocoon Nebula at about 1 AM on 9/6 and the move seemed to work correctly but the plate solve moved the scope off of the target. The Sequencer states that
Info 01:03:02.967767 #1 Before Sync mount is at RA=21:53:25,Dec=+47:16:09
This is the correct location RA 21 53 25 DEC 47 16 09 this is what was entered in the location to move the mount. Then the next Sequencer event
Info 01:03:03.996182 #1 After Sync mount is at RA=22:01:30,Dec=+46:58:39
Focus was great and I always wait (70 seconds on a 30 second frame exposure for plate solve purposes)until an entire frame is processed before calling platesolve so no streaks.
Why would plate solve move me so far off of the target and think it was correct? Could my mount clutch have slipped?
Lol I have 3 hours of deep space. Pretty stars.
Thanks for your help