PDA

View Full Version here: : Guide camera and plate solving


JohnA
05-03-2025, 02:49 PM
Hello all,

Another newbie question.

I was looking into getting a guide camera to add to my setup.

My current rig is the celestron c925 with the asi 678 planetary camera.

Now with this combination, the FOV is so narrow i can't plate solve at all, fails every time, so I though to add a guide camera, which I can use to plate solve and to of course guide with.

From all the reading I have done, it would seem an oag is the only way to go with my scope.

So would this work OK.

C925, 6.3 reducer, filter draw, zwo oag-l 178 mini guide camera and my 678, and of course any spacers required for the correct back focusing.

Down the track I would like to also add a cooled camera.

Am I on the right path, will this all work, or should I just leave it simple with the 678 and no reducer for planetary, and have another combination I can just swap out for DSO

Thank you