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Friday 10th and the sun has come out after lunch. I had better see if some imaging of the new AR is possible.14.00 55/50F, the sky is white with thin, high cloud. AWR was, quite amazingly, showing the correct time and date!!! Meanwhile, ASCOM[AWR] C-Du-C [whatever] has latitude showing + or west for the umpteenth time despite it showing east in Set Up and being Applied and confirmed! It can't possibly be both east and west. Can it?
AWR actually has Declination drive direction correct for the first time in absolutely ages! It has become so routine to set it back to Negative [from an overnight change to Positive] that I could hardly believe it!
The first slew in AWR C-Du-C completely missed the sun! By miles! Like over 20°! Of course it did! You don't pay all that money in expectation of a working AWR Goto system! That would be just plain silly!Now Skychart/C-Du-C is broken again! It won't allow any input. Nor will it close down! The same routine every, bloody day! I finally managed to close it without restarting the computer. Now it has crashed again!
Restart the computer. Third time lucky? Yes! Only after I reset the newly corrupted east/west setting in C-Du-C Setup.[AGAIN!] Only for it to show as + or West in Connect Telescope! How many more times?
14.20. The first image of the new AR on the eastern limb is crap. Perhaps it is the thin, high cloud? The second image of AR2759 on the western limb at 14.42 was no better. Perhaps I am looking too near to the limb? There is a paler spot well onto the disk.
The old AR is wrinkly with age on the western limb.
15.40 60/52. Thin cloud can be seen streaming across the SharpCap capture screen.
The seeing became progressively worse.
The telescope parked itself correctly for a change, when I pressed Home.
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