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Old 12-04-2014, 10:33 AM
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Guiding

I've been playing with my guiding setup for some time but I think I've now settled on something that looks promising. I've switched back to the ZWO ASI120MM for its small 3.75 micron pixels (the DSI II pro was 8.5 micron) so my imaging scale between the guide setup and the imaging train is now much closer to 1:1. I've also anchored the guide camera to the dovetail to ensure there is no flexure in the guide scope focuser. I've only had a short test but the results are looking good. Now I need to play with the aggressiveness etc to see if I can smooth it out more.
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