hi guys,
I got around to trying PhD on my robotized Great Polaris. Works great with the ASCOM 5.0.3 drivers.
I just have one question: there is a persistent error in DEC (which I think is due to polar misalignment). PhD lets it get pretty large before doing a correction, then the error starts building up again.
Is there some setting to make PhD guide in DEC more aggressively? or is the only solution to do a precise polar alignment?
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stuart,
thanks... right now I do have a sawtooth pattern in DEC, but it's a very gentle sawtooth pattern where one "tooth" is more than the width of the graph window.
will try the larger integration period when i get back to SG..
I was using the Zenithstar 70 as my guider (with no payload...) so the FL was 420mm.
thanks... right now I do have a sawtooth pattern in DEC, but it's a very gentle sawtooth pattern where one "tooth" is more than the width of the graph window.
will try the larger integration period when i get back to SG..
I was using the Zenithstar 70 as my guider (with no payload...) so the FL was 420mm.
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I'm actually going to use a camera lens as my guider... probably a 135/2.8? or is a 50mm enough? I saw this article claiming that a 50mm is enough for almost any useful purpose because guiding to within 0.2 pixel is possible... but I'm not getting < 0.2 pixel guiding...
OTOH I could retain using the Z70 as the guider and image through the 135mm... keep my exposures and FL shorter to improve my chances of getting good subs...
OTOH I could retain using the Z70 as the guider and image through the 135mm... keep my exposures and FL shorter to improve my chances of getting good subs...
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