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Old 26-07-2008, 11:12 AM
pjphilli (Peter)
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Finderscope For Guiding?

Hi
When I use my Meade 80mm f6 refractor for imaging I then use my 150mm Mak f6 for guiding. This works OK but it becomes a nuisance when no suitable stars appear in the Mak's FOV as it is difficult to re-orient the scopes (which are normally collimated) to get a suitable star on the guidescope. I see my 50mm f5 finderscope sitting there idle on its adjustment rings and I wonder whether this would be suitable to use as a guider with my Meade 80mm imager? I would like some comments before I start experimenting. I have already shown that I can focus my DSI Color camera on the above finderscope. I use PHD guiding software.
Cheers Peter
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