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Originally Posted by xelasnave
My confidence to be able to auto guide has been absolutely destroyed John  . |
Autoguiding is a fun challenge, your correspondant is blonde!
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Originally Posted by xelasnave
I have an eq6 hoping to work with a SN 750mm f/l using an lpi to guide  . via an 80x400mm ar or a 70x600ar. |
Plenty of folks seems to be doing well with the EQ6 - it was my second choice after the Sphinx due to weight/portability/precision. I think 750mm should be a snap for and EQ6. I am pushing the limits at 1800mm.
The LPI is not very sensitive, works well with Guidemaster but you will be retsricted to bright guide stars...~ Mag 6 limit probably.
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Originally Posted by xelasnave
This has been an excellent thread I have learned so much and would like to thank you for starting it off and to those who added great input... you dont make house calls do you  |
Good, that was the point - to share my journey - I spent way too long with my mount in neutral balance when it needed to be heavy in the East - I really was unaware of the significance of that. I woried about DEC backlash to much as well when I should have had DEC guiding off and dealt with balance/alignment issues until RA tracking was good. That is hindsight of course when you start out it is difficult to separate the issues - I honestly thought precision alignment was not critical and my balance was good enough...wrong!
I thought switching from the LPI/Guidmaster to the OSS/Maxim/PHD would make life easier as I had a more sensitive camera - the fact it was a one shot colour camera and my lack of understanding of the implications of that led me to a centroiding issue that was completely unknown to me. Ouch what a learning curve.
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Originally Posted by xelasnave
I have had the mount since November and are yet to give it a go because of time and the weather not co opperating  .
thanks again
alex |
Hmm, weather, family, equipment failures, jobs all can get in the way, then I spent most of the remaining clear nights trying various combinations of s'ware/camera etc trying to get a reliable setup. Last decent shot I took was in Novemrber too! Clear skies!