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Old 01-09-2013, 12:17 PM
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You need to use an unsaturated star to guide on - I don't believe you will have any luck guiding on Jupiter. Under the PHD tools menu there is an item "Enable Star Profile" - this shows the brightness profile through the star you have selected - you need a peak in the profile - a flat top means the star you have chosen is saturated. The bottom line flashing on/off is normally because it has lost the guide star. There is also a star mass tolerance setting under the brain menu - try increasing this to 1.0. Can't comment on the camera settings.

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