Hi all,

I am currently out in the Middle-of-Nowhere, Colorado (heh) at the Rocky Mountain Star Stare 2021 trying to take some images while the weather is still nice. However, last night upon trying to use the Ekos Polar Alignment module, after the three photos were taken and the mount slewed 30 degrees West each time, when the correction vector was presented, the yellow (altitude) and green (azimuth) lines did not align with the adjustments on the mount itself. I would see the correction vector triangle and attempt to adjust the elevation first using the altitude knobs (like the polar alignment tool directs), but the star would move along a different vector, not the yellow line presented. I tried plate solving several times before I would use the polar alignment tool to make sure the WCS data was correct, and I could even tell the mount to slew to an object in the night sky with no problems, but it seems like the Polar Alignment tool thinks my camera is set in a different orientation than it actually is. I can't of course test right now (daytime), but would sure love some direction so I can attempt an imaging session again tonight. There is no internet out here (had to take my cell phone and computer to a specific spot to get enough signal to write this), so I am using the internal solver for plate solving, and downloaded all of the necessary index files and then some. This is with the default solving settings.

EQM-35 Pro - EQMOD Mount
Orion 120mm f/8.3 Imaging Scope
Sony a6000 - Sony DSLR
Orion 50mm f/3.2 Guide Scope
Orion StarShoot CCD - QHY CCD
RPi4 w/ Astroberry
MacBook Pro w/ Kstars connected to RPi4 over non-WAN wireless
 

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