Fist Light - Qguide (aka QHY 5) - Page 3

JohnH · #41 14-07-2007, 07:11 PM

Stephen,

Sorry I normally post those details - Canon 20D at iso 1600 and 3 min subs, 32 in this case, taken at prime with the VC200L. The image was processed in IP and then NoiseNinja and finally Photoshop to get under 150Kb for the web...

Terry B · #42 16-07-2007, 04:40 PM

I played with my q guider last night. It didn't miss a beat in -3 deg conditions. With a 2 sec exposure I seem to be able to aim it anywhere using my skywatcher 120mm refractor as a guide scope and have useable guide stars.
I attached a saved file from PHD of 2 sec exposure. I am not sure what the mag of the stars are as I didn't bother looking through the scope but I imagine they are 10-12 mag.

Terry B · #43 17-07-2007, 10:13 AM

Dear All
I have attached a graph of the corrections on my scope using the qguide.
The mount is an eq6 aiming near antares. THe first half of the graph is guided then I turned the guiding off and the periodic error is shown plus some drift north from less than perfect polar alignment.

. The little kick to the south is from me touching the scope.

tornado33 · #44 23-01-2008, 11:00 PM

I have yet to use any of the autoguide sofware I have drivers for PHD though I note from here that Guidemaster might be better. I dont actualy have an autoguidable mount as yet but would like to experiment with guide software and have the star on the screen and basically me to the adjusting, eg when it drifts one way in dec to use the speed control to compensate. Does both PHD and qguide allow you to see the guide star in real time?
I note that Q guide does dark subtraction too
Scott
PS thankfully my install of the camera went smoothly and it worked from the word go

Zuts · #45 23-01-2008, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terry B

Dear All
I have attached a graph of the corrections on my scope using the qguide.
The mount is an eq6 aiming near antares. THe first half of the graph is guided then I turned the guiding off and the periodic error is shown plus some drift north from less than perfect polar alignment.

. The little kick to the south is from me touching the scope.

Isnt autoguiding just great