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Originally Posted by iceman
Hi Pete
I use PHD, but I've only ever used it on full auto for all the settings.
I literally plug it in, click on the camera, click on the mount, and hit go.
I only have problems losing the guidestar if it's too faint. I usually try and keep the exposure as short as possible (0.05, 0.1 or 0.2 secs), because i'm not usually polar aligned well enough to trust any longer than that  |
Mike, wow that is short - the advice I have had is use the longest exposure you can to avaoid chasing the seeing (ie correcting for errors that are not real). The max exposure will depend on the quality of the mount (ie the max PE and how smooth it is). Normal range seems to be 2-5 secs but this will also depend on the arcsec per pixel of your imaging train. I guess Mike that your tolerance for errros is tiny due to the extreme fl and small chip sizes you are used to when doing planetary work?