The last couple of releases have supported automosaic for telescopes responding
to the Meade telescope interface commands.

Suggestions:

1. Make sure that the focal length of your telescope is accurately set in the
FOV option under File. (This is required so that the system knows the area of
the chip. Make sure you correct this for any focal reducers or projection
options you are using.)

2. Center the area you want mosaicked.

3. Remember that the mosaic algorithm starts in the SE corner and snakes through
the images going up to the top image, west, down to the bottom image, west, up
to the top image, etc.

I suggest trying it on the moon first just to verify that all is working. Use
analog binning to speed things up when testing.


Ralph Pass


Blair MacDonald wrote:

> As a newcomer to the group I have been lurking for awhile. There is some
> great information here on a variety of products. I recently purchased a LXD
> 650 mount from Meade (and with any luck it will be back from repair soon-a
> runaway dec motor) and plan to use it in conjunction with a Pictor 416xt to
> complete a mosaic of M31 that I have been working on. Does anyone have any
> tips or cautionary words on using the auto-mosaic functions of the 416. Does
> the (note the sarcasm) completely debugged software actually support it?
>
> Blair MacDonald

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