Apt platesolving via Paps

[Bottletopburly]

Setup last night briefly and polar aligned via sharpcap and got GOOD showing error of about 1arc minutes, then ran phd 2 calibration then guiding assistant which said a pa error of 14 arc minutes so I thought I’d try Apt polar align feature paps = polar align via plate solving the code required being kindly permitted by rumen Bogdanovski from the INDIGO project and have to say I’m impressed using a three point alignment after running phd2 calibration and GA  got down to 1 arc minute, best calibrated low at the celestial equator which I was , I probably won’t use sharpcap pa from now on as that seemed easier using the main camera , also handy as you don’t need Polaris in view which some people don’t , there is a few settings to tweak if you want as you can do auto for motorised mounts or manual for tracker mounts , also think you can define your first calibration point handy for a permanent setup .

 

Dave