Sharpcap Pro with PHD2 and platesolving
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2025 9:18 am
I have recently sold my Celestron SCT telescope that I used for deep sky imaging and used it in conjunction with the Celestron software that did the guiding and I have purchased a refractor telescope. With the telescope I have purchased to use for deepsky imaging I am really wanting to continue to do deep sky imaging with Sharpcap pro using PHD2 and also use a third-party platesolving which Sharpcap can use. I have an Altair GP-CAM 178M camera for the guiding and a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro P25 for deepsky an iOptron mount and an Altair filter wheel which all have been configured to work via Ascom and all work in Sharpcap but haven't yet started imaging.
I read a Sharpcap Pro forum article which I can't find now that said Sharpcap Pro can't yet do either deepsky imaging using PHD2 or do platesolve. I am not sure of the age of the article either so just wondered if this is still correct? I am hoping I can as Sharpcap Pro is such a great piece of software and don't really want to move away from it.
I read a Sharpcap Pro forum article which I can't find now that said Sharpcap Pro can't yet do either deepsky imaging using PHD2 or do platesolve. I am not sure of the age of the article either so just wondered if this is still correct? I am hoping I can as Sharpcap Pro is such a great piece of software and don't really want to move away from it.