Sorry about this.

I was under the impression that the TPOINT algorithm were freely
available.
I just wanted to help u. Sorry for the mistake.

With Kind regards

Bjorn



Marc Castel wrote:
>
> Sorry about that- The RMS was 72.3 Arc Sec (not min) and the Population
> Standard Deviation was 74.94 Arc Sec. On doing a remote image run last
> night using The Sky, TPoint and CCD soft with my 8" LX200 I imaged 119
> objects with each one of them appearing within 2 arc minutes of the centre
> of the CCD Chip (ST6-TC241). As the ST6 has a high quantum efficiency I
> limited exposure times to under 3 minutes with no noticible field rotation
> potentially caused by the 5 & 10 Arc minute deviations from true polar
> alignment. I must say that I am very pleased with the performance of TPoint
> and can highly recommend it. But is it really worth trying to improve
> further on what I have by tampering with polar alignment (ideally yes but a
> pointing run is an all-nighter not to mention a lot of work to redo polar
> alignments.)?
>
> What other strategies are people using to get reliable pointing accuracy
> (without actually being there)?
>
> Regarding forwarding a copy of TPoint as one individual inquired - My copy
> is a licensed copy from Software Bisque and so I cannot send it out. I
> understand you can down load a C+ version for free off the Internet but I'm
> not sure of the site. Try a search engin.
>
> Marc Castel
> Wild Flower Ridge Observatory

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