Good test dmsummers and you might be on to something.
I'll test Kstars more tomorrow night, but knowing the EKOS tool gives a 3' 10" difference in RA using the simulator when using NGC5139 as a test (DEC -47 28 36). I compared that to the Telescopius results, at RA 0, DEC 0, the difference in RA between centers of a 2x1 mosaic using the SimulatorCCD specs is... 3' 10" !
I entered a different target in Telescopius; RA 0, DEC 45. The difference in centers is 4' 28" . Clearly the Telescopius algorithm is factoring in something relating to the DEC. This might be enough for someone to solve the issue.

When it works, the mosaic tool and scheduler is magic, I really hope to see this issue fixed so I can use it more! AstroPixelProcessor does a good job at compiling the mosaic too.

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