Good guiding tonight

[Zuts]

Getting great guiding tonight on my az eq6. Multistar guiding and a balanced rig really helps

[Kuz]

Got to happy with that Zuts. I get pretty good results with the asi air as well specially with a esprit 120 fully loaded on my eq6 pro. Usually high 3 to low 4s

[Zuts]

Thanks Kuz.

Yes, very happy. I am 'fully loaded' and waiting until dark. Tha AZEQ6 is great, but a bit heavy as a portable setup. So I am eyeing the AM5.

I escaped Sydney and am in Broken Hill ATM, nothing but clear skies here.

Cheers.

[AdamJL]

Sure you weren't guiding on a hot pixel? :D
That looks great. Very nice indeed.



Super, super, jealous!!

[RyanJones]

Very nice Zuts :thumbsup:

[Startrek]

I was going to mention about guiding in a hot pixel as well
Those guiding numbers are ridiculous for a mass produced Chinese mount
Even with hyper tuning the best guiding Ive seen on an AZEQ6 mount is around 0.35 to 0.40 in good seeing
That mount is something special , look after it , it’s worth gold !!!

[JA]

Excellent results Zuts - Power to ya.:thumbsup:

Best
JA

[Zuts]

Thanks Guys,

I guess it is a keeper, I just wish it wasn't so damn heavy or more truthfully that I wasn't so damn old!

[Startrek]

Zuts,
In regard to your incredible guiding I was wondering what your image scale ratio is between guide scope and main imaging scope
I’m assuming your using a guide scope and not an OAG
Mines about 4.2:1 on my 8” f5 newt using a guide scope
Cheers
Martin

[Stephane]

Zuts,
Some nights I get 0.5 guiding at very best, but most nights I get 0.7ish. 0.27 seems exceptionally good! I’d love to learn more about your gear, such as the ratio Martin requested. Also, was your guiding calibrated with darks?

Kind regards,
Stéphane

[Zuts]

Guide camera

I own a ZWO 120 MM, but was testing a friend's ZWO 290 MM and I can't remember which one I was using that night.

Image Scale

If you mean FL ratio then the Esprit 120 has a FL of 840 plus a bit more with the 1.01 flattener.

The guide scope is a Baader Vario with a 60 ml objective and 250 ml FL so around 3.4 : 1

https://www.baader-planetarium.com/en/baader-multi-purpose-vario-finder-10x60-3069.html

Guiding

No dark calibration, 2 second exposures, multistar guiding with ASIAir plus

Cheers
Paul

[Startrek]

Image Scale or Pixel Scale
Camera pixel size uM x 206.3 / imaging scope focal length mm = Image Scale ( expressed in arc sec per pixel )

A) Main imaging Image scale
Imaging camera pixel size x 206.3 / imaging scope focal length = ?? arc sec per pixel

B) Guiding Image Scale
Guide camera pixel size x 206.3 / guide scope focal length = ?? arc sec per pixel

Imaging to Guiding Image Scale Ratio
B to A
General rule of thumb for acceptable image scale when guiding is 5:1 or lower

[Zuts]

so 3.36 : 1

[Startrek]

Excellent image scale guiding ratio
Definitely supports your unbelievable guiding numbers
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