So, last night I had an opportunity to try ASTAP last night with pretty good results.

First go, with the scope in the park position (pointing north toward pole), I did a "Capture and Solve" with "do nothing" checked. ASTAP solved almost instantly!

Second go - slewed toward Vega and tried again. It solved, tried to move the scope, *FAILED*. I reduced the exposure time until it solved, but now it was stuck in a loop. I upped the exposure and noted star trails. "I don't think it's tracking," I said to my wife keeping me calm. Turned out my RA cable had popped out.

Third go - slewed toward Vega and tried again. Solved, slewed the scope. With Vega in view, it *FAILED*.

I clicked on "Capture and Solve" again - this time it solved, moved the scope, solved again, and now Vega was centered.

I now wanted to check my new knowledge re: PHD2, but first I had to change guide cam (I had swapped things around when using the Windows Stick).

After changing the guide cam from ASI120MM to SSAG, my Pi failed to boot. I tried several times and even with different uSD cards. NADA. @#$%! Turned out I may have lost my new powered USB3 hub - removing that from the link, the Pi came up and all was good, though I had lost quite a lot of time.

Main thing is ASTAP did seem to work nicely. Not sure what caused it to fail that one time - perhaps tonight I'll try again

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