[APBeta] APv2b25 and Guide Star script

[Bruce Pipes]

Looks good, Paul. I did notice two things. When it is adding the guide  
stars to the object list, the screen blinks several times. Also the  
first time I ran it, after the guide stars were added, many of the  
columns in the object list were blank. This only happened once,  
though. Oh, I just ran it, and it did it again. Something going on  
there that needs fixing.

I checked to confirm that it works if I choose the SBIG ST-2000XM/XCM  
with the TC-211 chip and it does. However, I noticed that the default  
column width on the imager list is too narrow to show the TC-211, so  
it just looks like there are two entries for ST-2000XM/XCM, although  
the second one has three dots after it. Can you adjust the default  
column widths so that the difference between the two ST-2000's shows  
more clearly?

Thanks,
Bruce

On Mar 7, 2009, at 12:16 AM, Paul Rodman wrote:

>
> On Mar 6, 2009, at 06:43 PM, Bruce Pipes wrote:
>
>> If you are reading this before you finished your pizza, beer and  
>> "Australia", STOP AND READ IT LATER!
>
> All done.
>
>> The new Guide Star script sort of works. The problem is that it  
>> gets the imager reticle from the resources, but not the guider  
>> reticle, which is what you really want. I think the way to fix this  
>> is to have the script include the guider reticle if the "Guide  
>> Sensor Name" box is checked in the imager resource. Since you would  
>> never be looking for guide stars for the imager chip, there is no  
>> reason to include the imager chip in the "Reticle" drop-down menu.  
>> For example, in my case the imager is an SBIG ST-2000XM with the  
>> TC-237 guide chip, so the drop-down menu need only contain one  
>> entry, SBIG ST-2000XM/XCM/TC237, or something like that. That is,  
>> it gets the camera model from the image name and the guide chip  
>> from the "Guide Sensor Name" check box. It then would only look for  
>> guide stars in the annulus defined by rotating the guider reticle.  
>> Can the script be modified to do this?
>
> It can, and it has been. Download away.
>
> Paul R.
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