Mikey wrighty

6 hours ago, michael8554 said:

Hi Mikey

If you're not guiding you can Drift Align the PA using the camera on the OTA..

Pointing south near Dec=0 for the Az alignment of the mount. and then east or west for the Alt alignment.

Or adapt the finderscope to take the camera and use SharpCap.

But that will entail swapping back and forth of course.

Michael

That’s a very good shout actually Michael. Never thought about that! I do have a guide scope. But not set up yet. I’ve never done it before so kind of avoiding it (stupidity) 

25 minutes ago, CraigT82 said:

That’s your issue then. Using the 224mc in the 102mm frac gives you a FoV of only 0.4x0.3 degrees.

Sharpcap PA routine needs larger FoV to see enough stars to work with, about 2 degrees is ideal but I’ve gotten away with about 1.5 degrees using a 9x50 finder scope with the camera in that. 

Wow, that’s why it’s only picking up 2/4 stars and a million hot pix. How frustrating!

1 hour ago, CraigT82 said:

Are you using the 224c with the 102mm frac for the sharpcap PA routine or using a guide scope? You need a short focal length to get enough stars in the field for sharpcap to work with

Yeah I’m using the 224c as prime camera as it’s the only Astro cam I have until I can afford to get another then it will be used as a guid 

Hi all. 
i have had my scope and camera for around 3 years now. If not 4. But I’ve always struggled since day 1 to get polarisation. I get it all good through the eq5 pro mount but once I get into sharpcap pro I can’t seem to get enough stars to continue on with the polar alignment. I’ve tried all different focal lengths etc. all I get is hot pixels. 
has anyone got this camera that could point me in right direction for settings to use ? 
my scope is a Altair Starwave 102 / ED astronomical refractor telescope. 715 mm focal length  Many’s thanks 

Mike 

Hey all. 
I am a complete nooby. And I’m trying to get going (on a budget) with what I have available. I am trying to use my dslr canon 2000d with Nina and sharpcap. Unfortunately after downloading the drivers etc it’s still not connecting to either. Please help!

many thanks, Mike. 

50 minutes ago, Tomatobro said:

EQMOD is not a stand alone program so it MUST be started via third party software such as C du Ciel, stellarium or Sharpcap etc. If EQMOD fails to connect because the comms port is incorrect or the mount is not switched on then it will continue to be called by the third party software to try and make the connection.

Shutting down the software used to call EQMOD will stop the "flashing". EQMOD will not appear in program manager

Thankyou! I will try again tonight. I’m a total newbie and all this confusing the life out of me 😂

Hi all. 
As of late. I’ve been having a load of issues with ascom. When I try and load any of the application up I keep getting something 55 and app already running. 
 

now I think I’ve sorted this, when I start eqmod to control the mount the little box that loads up keeps flashing on and off the screen, I try and exit the program and it just continues to flash. When I go into task manager it’s not in there? Please help!