For some targets, it really isn't possible to autofocus without slewing the mount. It would be nice if there was an option for that module to tell Ekos/Kstars to slew to some "nearby" star above a certain magnitude. In the meantime, I supposed I can do this manually as an step in the sequence, i.e., add a target I don't really care about, have it autofocus, take a short (throw-away) image, then go back to my real target.

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