OK, so never before successful with Plate Solving, I'm really trying to succeed with my new mount.
About the time I think I've got it... Darn, I don't.
I have All Sky Plate Solver on board, and it has been successful in trial runs with images saved for plate solving (fit files), after I downloaded many star catalogs. It asked for another pile of images last night, so I let it download a bunch at the mount.
It is getting better, I think, at it's solves. Well, maybe....
But it still is not slewing to target. It thinks it is, and indicates it has, But the mount sits there like it is dumbly waiting for a bus. No matter where it is.
Later on, the mounting oddities took place. Tell the mount to go-to a star obviously there in front of my face, and it decides to point elsewhere. Sometimes at the ground.
It did this enough, I decided to reset the Gemini to its factory default settings, then start fresh again building my model after doing my PA.
I'm really beginning to wonder if these Plate solving programs (ASPS, and APT) are missing up the Gemini's brain.
Now I readily admit I struggle with settings, and such. I often go to You Tube to see how to set things up.
But my 811 acting like it is on the Moon is throwing me. I think I did better without plate solving.
Any ideas on why the mount could be told to go there, and it goes haywire?
The 811 works fine without these Plate solvers open. So that's why I'm suspicious of them.
APT actually took a darn picture (well, several) and plate solved. But couldn't get the job done with the mount.
And it wasn't for a lack of trying on my part, I was out there disturbing the ditch rats until 3 AM. LOL! All bundled up and toasty.
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SonnyE
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