remembering position with fixed mount

[iwols]

hi ,just about to set a pier in place,but was wondering how to remember the mounts position after power down,using Cartes du Ciel,eqmod ,sgp, as everytime i start a session the sync points have gone,cheers

[alacant]

Hi. In eqmod, it's here:  (I don't use it hence it's unpopulated) HTH.

[Demonperformer]

Not totally sure but I would have thought as long as you park it at the end of the night, it should know where things are. It has the time from the computer and it' position from the mount. At worst I would think you would only need a one-star align. 

[Merlin66]

As Alicant shows, just tick the remember syncs.

seems to work well for me.....

[spillage]

It looks like you will be imaging so I would say don't bother and just platesolve. 

I normally platesolve to a star using APT to set up focus and phd2 calibration, you can then use cdc to confirm the mounts position on said star.

Up and running in about 10 mins.

 

'I normally goto++ to a star'

[alacant]

2 hours ago, spillage said:

just platesolve

+1. Even easier is to use APT to 'Goto++' a bright star near your target. Hit Sync. Now, not only do you have the star dead centre ready for focusing, but also pixel perfect cdc to frame your target as you want it. HTH. 

[iwols]

On 29/01/2018 at 13:29, alacant said:

+1. Even easier is to use APT to 'Goto++' a bright star near your target. Hit Sync. Now, not only do you have the star dead centre ready for focusing, but also pixel perfect cdc to frame your target as you want it. HTH. 

APT to 'Goto++', not quite sure what this means

[alacant]

6 hours ago, iwols said:

not quite sure what this means

Hi. Choose your target then let APT 'GoTo' it. Try:

Gear > PointCraft > Objects > GoTo++

 

[spillage]

When you click on objects you will be given a list of dso's and stars to choose from. You can download other lists that will contain more targets or add your own. It really is quite as easy as @alacant has suggested. 

APT will then move you mount to that position, use the camera connected to take a photo, assess its position and readjust the mount and continue until it is in the specified pixel position (ie within 5px).

If you load up an previous image from another night from within the IMG tab and then click solve and once solved click the solved button it will move you into the same position and you can then continue to image that target without causing stacking issues.

[iwols]

thanks does sgp do something similar?

[spillage]

I do not have sgp but looking here at the manual it appears to be similar.

[iwols]

thanks

[iwols]

On 29/01/2018 at 06:50, alacant said:

Hi. In eqmod, it's here:  (I don't use it hence it's unpopulated) HTH.

 

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so all these three boxes would need to be ticked then ?

[Merlin66]

Yes. That's how I have EQMod set up for my NEQ6pro

[alacant]

17 hours ago, iwols said:

all these three boxes would need to be ticked

Perhaps best when you have the gotos working, save that set of points and tick only the first box. HTH.

[iwols]

12 hours ago, Merlin66 said:

Yes. That's how I have EQMod set up for my NEQ6pro

so you have all three ticked merlin?

[Merlin66]

In my case, yes. They are all ticked.