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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons
Even though I have MaximDL, I still prefer to use Guidemaster for my guiding.
I can't fault its accuracy even over very loooong periods. If it ever starts letting me down, then I'll switch to guiding ith MaximDL, but I'm very happy with Guidemaster. Very easy to use too.
Guidemaster accuracy at present is +/- 0.5 arcseconds on nights of even mild wind.  |
I agree. I use both guidemaster and PHD but get consistently better tracking with guidemaster. It is much simpler to change the aggressiveness than PHD and can be done on the fly. You then watch the result on the little 2 arcsec graph.
I only use 5 min subs and I think that flexure is going to be a problem with longer subs. I don't see a lot being achieved with longer subs with the exception of film cameras. Much more likely to waste time when a plane or satellite ruins a sub. The difference in noise would be hard for me to notice.