I have a question on how rotators work with Ekos and align. There is no rotator simulator so my usual approach of try it out and see doesn’t work.

It I have a rotator then I guess the rotator button on the capture tab is enabled, and I can enter a rotation angle from celestial north in it.

I am assuming that the align module, as well as doing a closed loop slew, will also do a closed loop rotate to match the entered field rotation. I’m also assuming the the mosaic wizard will also correctly prefill the rotation angle.

Can some confirm this please. I’m looking very hard at getting a rotator and I’d rather not be forced to go back to windows based software to get these capabilities.

Thanks

J.

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