Re: Setup sequence questions
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I set my Gemini to do a cold boot everytime. There may be a better way, but that's what I do. I then use Kstars/Ekos to do a couple plate solves.?
if you're doing plate solves, cold start is fine
Brian
For polar alignment I use "drift align" within PHD2. It works really well, and you don't need to see the north star to do it. I've pounded in three threaded pipes with a flange on the end into the ground to make a sort of permanent tripod locator. I'm able to take in my mount every night, but re-locate it back to a pretty precise location, and keep my polar alignment, sometimes for months. This means that I save a lot of time only needing to do polar alignments once in a while. Look at the tripod feet to see what I mean about the flanged pipe:??Here's an image I found of threaded pipe with a flange attached.?
I set my Gemini to do a cold boot everytime. There may be a better way, but that's what I do. I then use Kstars/Ekos to do a couple plate solves. Next I make sure the focus is good using a?bahtinov mask pointing at a bright star. Finally I point to my target and start capturing images.?
Jamie
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