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In your case, with just one scope you could technically have just chosen index 4209 because that covers your particular FOV with the WO scope.

So the ANSVR instructions say to choose the index that has your narrowest FOV with a certain scope, and then also the widest FOV with a different scope (if you have more than one). Many people have more than one scope so they need a range of indexes to cover different equipment. The indexes correspond to the field of view of your equipment.

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Plate solving itself doesn't move the mount at all, it just tells the software (SGP) where the scope is. Then SGP will move the mount so that the scope points at your target coordinates. Plate solving uses star positions to determine exactly where your mount is pointed, and then syncs your mount's position to that location. I also just installed the PlateSolve 2 APM/UCAC3PS catalogs and tried a plate solve with that (APM) and it failed?Д®dited by GeneralT001, 03 July 2016 - 09:00 PM. I choose 3.0 degrees (indexes 4207 - 4213) but don't know if this is right.ДЄppreciate any info about plate solving in general. What does this correspond to for the FOV index. It asks for a FOV range but for my scope, a WO Star 71 using an ASI1600 camera the FOV is.

My question is, that in the installation instructions it asks for a range of indexes to download for both Narrowband and normal imaging (not sure what is meant by a range of indexes). I followed the download instructions and it seems to be working, as I loaded an image in SGP and it blind solved it in about 40sec at 100% confidence - not sure I believe it:) I went ahead and downloaded the ANSVR database to use for blind solving. I believe its purpose is to help in centering your target for imaging? The plate solver can determine what your scope is aimed at by comparing the star locations and I think I read it can move your mount to center the target?

I am starting to use SGP and know nothing about plate solving but would like to work on figureing it out.

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