I'm using Skywave (SKW) collimator to precisely collimate my 8" RC. In order to do so it is important that I capture a sequence of 9 defocused stars. 1 in the centre of the frame and the other 8 distributed around it in a circle. (see attached image)
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Someone in the SKW community has created an excellsheet that easily converts to a N.I.N,A script to automate the entire process.
The user navigates to an acceptable star and focusses the image.
The scrip then offsets the focus by a fixed amount (SKW tells the user what the ideal defocus should be and if it's Intra- or extrafocus).
The script then takes all 9 images slewing to the new position after taking an image.
It ends by offsetting the focus back to ideal position.

I'm wondering what would be the best way for me to achieve a similar result in EKOS.
Since collimating with the software is an iterative process, anything I can do to speed it up and make it more consistent would help me greatly.

The excel sheet to calculate the locations of the off-centre stars is originally hosted on the innovationsforeseight website (www.innovationsforesight.com/support/skg...umentation_tutorial/)
But since the link doesn't work for me today, I've added a download link of my own.
e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZdqB9ZJ...loY2rTKc865qp57P854X

Thanks, Remco

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