Chris haynes Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 hi. Using the ASIAIR plus last night and tried to annotate and plate solve. Normally the annotate feature is instant but last night it would not work. Same with plate solving while trying to find my target. Is this caused by bad focus,not enough stars. Very confusing as the previous night all was perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elp Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Did you actually manage to take a preview photo or be able to focus? The focus mode is listed first in the mode list for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris haynes Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 (edited) Focus doesn’t seem to work with a dslr on my z61. Preview, autorun are ok just annotate and plate solve were the problem Edited March 27, 2022 by Chris haynes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elp Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Preview mode works, did you take photos first to adjust your focus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris haynes Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 (edited) Just used a mask on the scope and zoomed in using live view on my dslr Edited March 27, 2022 by Chris haynes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elp Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Did you manage to save any of the previews or take any photos? Haven't tried it myself but I think you can annotate after capture, did you try this to see if it worked? Plate solving should work if there are enough stars visible and in focus, the only time it's failed for me is if the view is obstructed by physical objects or bright glow from a nearby light source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris haynes Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 I tried to annotate after my preview picture but it didn’t work nor did plate solving. Strange as it’s never failed before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elp Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 You can try uploading a photo to astrometry.net to see if that can solve your image, this will at least eliminate the images you've taken being the issue. You could also do the opposite and load an image onto your asiair that you know plate solves fine elsewhere to see if the asiair can do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris haynes Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 Ok thanks I will give it a go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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