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INDI Library v2.0.6 is Released (02 Feb 2024)

Bi-monthly release with minor bug fixes and improvements

Track for planets

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Hi,
does anybody know how to track for planets or moon?
I am able to track for all Messier ovjects, but not for planets.
Armin
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Replied by Andrew on topic Track for planets

Tracking for planets is effectively the same as sidereal rate with no real need to adjust for. The Moon has a Lunar rate. You can toggle this in your mount's driver in the INDI control panel.
For other minor bodies such as comets and asteroids, if your mount driver supports custom tracking rates, it is possible to manually enter those if you first work out what they are.
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Replied by Armin Prohaska on topic Track for planets

I have found the INDI contol panel, but did not found the toggling between lunar and sidereal rate.
The mount isn´t connected at the moment, just having connection with stellar mate.

And I did not find the moon in the object search window of KSTARS.
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Replied by Andrew on topic Track for planets

You will have to connect to your mount, or play with the simulators to find that setting. The mount driver *should* automatically switch to Lunar rate for you, but it's good to make sure and to know how to set it.
As for locating the objects in the database, they should be searchable by their common names.

They also have shortcuts assigned to the number keys:
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Moon
4. Mars
5. Jupiter
6. Saturn
7. Uranus
8. Neptune
0. Sun
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Replied by Armin Prohaska on topic Track for planets

I have found all planets in the database except the Moon.
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