Thread: Guiding "issue"
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Old 26-06-2023, 05:36 AM
Startrek (Martin)
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If your polar alignment is poor , particularly in Dec , your PHD2 graph will display typically what your experiencing ( Dec pulses with graph below central line ) Also whilst imaging for an hour or two another tell tail sign is significant Declination drift in one direction left of right. Your object or target can drift a long way left or right after an hour or two
Try to get you PA error below 10 arc minutes or even better down to a few arc minutes.Between 1 and 3 arc minutes is more than adequate for PHD2 to work its magic. As Bruce and Andy have mentioned many times on the PHD2 forum , don’t be obsessive or paranoid about sub arc minute polar alignment, it won’t make you guide any tighter.

Below is a handy PHD2 tutorial on typical guiding scenarios and actions to remedy most issues

https://openphdguiding.org/Analyzing...Guide_Logs.pdf

Hope you resolve this minor issue with your guiding ( your guiding generally looks pretty good )
Thankfully your not experiencing huge spikes in Dec or Ra which is more difficult to pin point

Good Luck

Martin
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