Losmandy G11/ G2 and PHD

[Stefan12]

Hi,
I recently bought a new Losmandy G11 with Gemini 2. I was wondering if anyone could give me some ideas on what settings in PHD should be using to guide my G11?

When I was imaging with my HEQ5 mount I just used the default PHD guide settings and usually got pretty good results.

I'm using a William Optics 90mm Refractor and Orion 50mm mini guider.


Stefan

[alocky (Andrew lockwood)]

The default settings should work ok, but you should probably switch to phd2 now. You can enter the guide scope focal length and camera parameters and it will optimise step size for calibration etc. it also has very powerful drift aligning functionality and is definitely a step beyond the old Phd guiding.
The only thing to watch with the G11 is the backlash in the worm. Get this right on a new one with the high precision worm, and your mount will perform way beyond the needs of your 90mm WO.
Cheers,
Andrew.