EQMOD & Sync

[Penfold]

On Sunday night I set up my scope, slewed to Mars and centered it and then synced, the software showed 1 in the box. I then slewed to my image choice M101 centered this as it was a tad off and synced again, now 2 in the box.

My scope was a happy bunny with a nice guiding graph (everything less than +/- 0.5 of a pixel, which I hope is good).

I then parked the scope and left everything out ready for last night, so I powered up and slewed to Mars again but it was out and upon checking EQMOD the sync data was missing.

So does EQMOD store the data or do I have to save it?

And as an aside is using Mars a good idea? I chose it because it's close to M101 and bright early on so I can get set up without waiting for other starts to appear.

[barkis]

I'm not sure, is there not an autosave option in eqmod that has to be checked first? I don't believe changes are saved otherwise.

Ron.

[chrisshillito]

EQMOD can be configured to save your alignment points as the are added, when you park or you can manually save them. EQMOD can also be configured to load a previously saved alignment model on unpark, or you can do it manually. Please review the youtube tutorials for details of how to set the various options.

Generally its not a great idea to sync on extended objects like planets and deep space objects. Best to use stars if you can.

Chris

[Penfold]

OK Thanks guys, I'll look for the auto save option.

The reason I synced on a DSO is that Maxim allows you to load in a previous image and then sync to the image.

But I shall remember that for when I'm not imaging.