Plate solving is used in many ways to aid in astronomy and astrophotography. From helping you dial in yourpolar alignment,to helping beginners find objects in the sky with their smartphone, plate solving is a l
Anyways, I'd certainly love to keep providing my views on this topic, I think it's good to share as many views as possible on this aspect of astrophotography because A LOT of people are making decisions on how to handle their setup. I'd like more people to spend more time imaging rat...
This is where plate solving and EAA come to the rescue. Plate solving will center the object even if you can't see it naked eye or small scope or binos. EAA MIGHT show it to you depending conditions, pollution, and your persistence. Health, age, and a Bortle 7 backyard limit what I ...
except for the refractor and EQ mount, based on the same ZWO tech that's in the Seestar. It's comprised of a ZWO astro camera, guide scope and guide camera, and most importantly, it's all controlled by a ZWO ASIAirPlus. The ASIAir tech enables extremely powerful plate solving that's ...
Page 1 of 3 - What type of telescope for beginners? - posted in Beginners Forum (No Astrophotography): This is my 2nd go round with astronomy, first 25 years ago with my son, I purchased a 50 mm refractor at the local hobby shop, no clue what brand, it
Congrats though on being on target! My first time framing Andromeda without platesolving took me quite awhile! Thanks a lot! I'm glad at least the target is correct! kathyastro, on 30 Jun 2020 - 9:23 PM, said: It looks like the core of M31. ...
With plate-solving and/or with an APPM model, I just tell the mount where to go and it goes there. Yep, no "thrill of the hunt" for me. Just the thrill of the catch. archer1960 and PIEJr like this #61 WillR Skylab Posts:4,045 ...
(at least the one I own) is aiming the thing, although I did recently learn about plate solving, which would make my life easier. The second is that, even though I have very stout tripods, the Sky Watcher itself has a harmonic in it, so, when I shoot with the larger lens, I ...
c) plate solving c) field de-rotation (is this necessary?) d) Is autoguiding necessary? e) Wifi connection for remote operation. The problem with this whole subject is I don't know what I don't know...So I don't know what questions to ask. Not...
ASTAP works well for me for plate solving, but it also supports stitching and mosaics, but so far it just crashes with my big images. Hugin and PTGui are made for conventional photography. They should work well, and because they are based on the old PT Tools code. They should work for...