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Plate solving is amazing

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smashing
smashing

I have no idea why I've been putting this off for so long! Conditions are pretty poor tonight but I'm out anyway to try kit out plus it's Friday and the forecast was great all day (until about 5p

rickwayne
rickwayne

Or, you know, slews your scope into the tripod and spends a couple hours trying to hammer a bend into the leg with your thousands of dollars worth of imaging gear. That's fun too.

edarter
edarter

Had exactly the same process a few months ago, was scared of trying platesolving as it seemed rather complicated to set up. Once I bit the bullet and gave it a go it was a revelation! That coupled wit

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1 hour ago, Nikolas74 said:

Is it necessary to do a 3 star alignment before running plate solve ? or just a polar align will do ?

As others have said, no star alignment necessary, just polar align.  Plate solving is doing all the alignment for you.

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