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Old 05-04-2010, 08:42 AM
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Gary - I must admit it's a tough decision - so many considerations.

I tried the SBS setup last night but obviously didn't have something tight and flexure was worse than ever. I swapped the guide scope back to on top of the newt and all was good again.

I'm finding it quite challenging to find a guide star in some fields with the camera I'm using and will probably look at getting something more sensitive. I had a look at the Lodestar and it looks like it has the same CCD as the DSI II pro (no wonder you have no trouble!) however I was surprised at how expensive it was.

I've had my eyes on a DBK for some time however I assume this won't be as sensitive as your DMK and definately not as sensitive as the Lodestar.

Do you have the 50mm finder mounted in rings and how do you locate a guide star - do you swap the camera out for an eyepiece?
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