knro wrote: Check your logs for this message: "Target Coordinates updated to RA"

What does it report? Check all the instances for the message above, and the first alignment post meridian flip. I couldn't find it in your log.

Jasem,

Thanks for taking a look. I found the following:

Start of M65 (From wikipedia: RA: 11h 18m 55.9s, Dec: +13° 05′ 32″)
[2021-01-17T00:11:06.679 Pacific Standard Time INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Slewing to target coordinates: RA (11h 20m 02s) DEC ( 12° 58' 36\")."
...
Followed by meridian flip (which is successful)
[2021-01-17T03:28:12.544 Pacific Standard Time INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Meridian flip: slewing to RA= "11h 20m 02s" DEC= " 12° 58' 36\"" Hour Angle "00h 00m 16s"
...
Followed by post-meridian flip alignment, but with unexpectedly large error:
[2021-01-17T03:29:18.704 Pacific Standard Time INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Solution coordinates: RA (11h 20m 04s) DEC ( 12° 58' 51\") Telescope Coordinates: RA (11h 20m 03s) DEC ( 12° 58' 36\")"
[2021-01-17T03:29:18.706 Pacific Standard Time INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Target is within 00° 56' 44\" degrees of solution coordinates."
...
Followed by unexpected coordinates:
[2021-01-17T03:29:19.868 Pacific Standard Time INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Slewing to target coordinates: RA (11h 17m 42s) DEC ( 13° 43' 12\")."

I'll note:

• I was using the scheduler, and that the target for the captures during and after the flip was M65 (RA/Dec listed above).
• There are other "Slewing to target coordinates: RA" instances, but they are after I caught the mis-alignment and stopped the scheduler and decided to change targets.

Thanks!

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