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Originally Posted by Robert9
Considering the difficulties, you did well Lee.
Dew on the guidescope will cause PHD to crash. Was this your problem?
Robert
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Thanks Robert :-)
Last night was actually one of the few nights where dew hasn't been an issue. I was using my dew heater for the first time, but when I finished up there was no dew on anything so I actually had no need to be running it.
When I went back out to the scope to pack up, PHD2 showed a reasonably good graph, 0.6" RMS in total (about as good as I ever get) as far back as it went, perfect guide star, but it was no longer capturing images or guiding.
I had heard a USB connection dropping in and out earlier in the night, but everything seemed to be working so I let it go. I thought it might have been the filter wheel at the time.
My guess now is that the guide cam, or mount was dropping in and out... I was using the built-in USB hub in the Trius 674 for the first time so maybe one of them doesn't play nicely. I'll experiment more soon and figure out what it was.
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Originally Posted by cometcatcher
That's extremely good for full moon!
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Thanks Kevin! :-) Need to figure out optimal exposure time for this new setup and get a decent amount of time under a new moon to do this justice.