Colin McGill replied to the topic 'Help for Beginners' in the forum. 7 years ago

knro wrote:

1. You can turn off Autostretch in KStars Configuration --> Advanced --> FITS Viewer. See if without autostretch, it would be any better.
2. Usually just slew to target and then select "Slew to Target" under solver action, then simply click "Capture and Solver"
3. To reset job status, double click it as suggested by the tooltip when you hover over a job. Please post your Sequence File and Scheduler List file to investigate what would be wrong.

Thank you very much, Jasem

1. I tried turning off Autostretch - this worked well - I can now see the three lines clearly for the Bahtinov mask and managed to focus v quickly and achieved a lower HFR than just by watching the metric.

2. It is definitely working - I think I've just been spoiled by getting used to Tpoint - I'd forgotten just how bad the pointing used to be - "Slew to Target" works very well now that I've configured the appropriate settings on the solver.

3. I'll try this over the weekend and see if I can get it to work in the simulator - if not, I'll post my files.

I imaged again last night, and with the autostretch off, managed to get the telescope out and imaging within 30 minutes. From when I turned on my Pi and mount, it took me just 10 minutes to get focussed, polar aligned and imaging, all run from my iPad Mini connected to the Pi hotspot. Ekos again worked well and I got a couple of hours worth of data using the scheduler before the clouds came in. Practice makes perfect!

Thank you again,

Colin

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