Bingo.

Last night I put the scope on a well populated star area to do a plate solve. The parameters in the "Plate Solving" tab (FL, FOV of guide camera, etc) were as one would expect without a focal reducer. The value of the focal reducer (0.7) was also displayed.

Attempted a plate solve and it failed. Got the usual error message.

I tried to change the aperture and FL parameters, but they were locked. The software would allow me to change the guide camera FOV to reflect the FR. Attempted another plate solve: success. I went to another tab and when I came back to the plate solve there were parameters just like yours where it looked as if the software applied the FR in the wrong direction. However, the guide camera FOV was now correct. I did another plate solve just for verification.

I see Jasem says he has it fixed in the latest build so we can try it out.

Bob

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