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Originally Posted by glend
With Sharpcap PA you need a 2 degree field of view. I have no problem running it using my imaging camera on my 115mm f5.5 refractor. It does need about 15 stars to solve.
I have got mine pretty close tonight (PA that is), at a little less than 1' off the SCP, before the cloud stopped me again. The benefits of having an observatory, its all sitting there when i get back to it
Re Metaguide, geez if centering a guide star annoys you use PHD.
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Sharpcap polar alignment didnt work with the shorttube 80 and QHY5L-ii - at least not in my suburban location.
had mostly hot pixels. (it was hot in Melbourne last night, so that didnt help)
I think the frustration with Metaguide was also related to my tube rings and screws - it makes fine adjustment tricky. When I was trying to find guide stars for various targets I had to crank the exposure up to 4 or 5 seconds and that made adjustment a very tedious process. Since I seemed to have PHD2 working better, and I didnt bust a gut on it.