First, a big thanks to everyone who's been involved in working on this software. As a Mac user, there are only a few programs that can fully automate a nights sessions, and EKOS has been really great. All the new additions to 3.0 have been wonderful.
I ran multiple schedules over the last two nights and I never had to intervene in any way, nor did the software crash or get caught in any kind of loop. To me, this is showing good progress.
Despite several flawless runs, I did have one issue. It came down to the focusing routine. Multiple times it grabbed double stars or stars that were really large, so the fine focus never got there. Despite the flawless runs, I had an average FWHM of 5.6, which is pretty blurry. Is there any way to tweak the algorithm or settings to avoid large stars and doubles? I was imaging on an RC, so the large star had spikes, which I don't think the focus routine knew how to deal with. I did notice one time it grabbed a double, and the focus routine failed, but then picked another star. I was happy with that fallback, but I've seen it regularly pick that double on this specific subject (IC410).
I ran multiple schedules over the last two nights and I never had to intervene in any way, nor did the software crash or get caught in any kind of loop. To me, this is showing good progress.
Despite several flawless runs, I did have one issue. It came down to the focusing routine. Multiple times it grabbed double stars or stars that were really large, so the fine focus never got there. Despite the flawless runs, I had an average FWHM of 5.6, which is pretty blurry. Is there any way to tweak the algorithm or settings to avoid large stars and doubles? I was imaging on an RC, so the large star had spikes, which I don't think the focus routine knew how to deal with. I did notice one time it grabbed a double, and the focus routine failed, but then picked another star. I was happy with that fallback, but I've seen it regularly pick that double on this specific subject (IC410).