Am I missing something or is it not possible to simply plate solve without being connected to the mount? I just want to take an image, and plate solve it. SGP should then just tell me where it is pointed at (RA, DEC). Is this not possible?
- Lutz
You can right click on the image and select Plate Solve.
Oh. Did not think of right-clicking the image. Thanks.
- Lutz
You may need to give plate solve a hint when not connected to a mount. If there is an NGC, M or IC object in the vicinity the scope is pointing to, you can add that object in the “object” field. otherwise it will need to blind solve and it could take a while.
Unless it’s a previously acquired image that has the information in the fits header then it should solve just fine.