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Originally Posted by Rigel003
It sounds like the guide stars you've chosen aren't sufficiently bright for it to lock on to. Set the SPC900NC to its max exposure and use the "Take Dark" feature. PhD prompts you to cover the lens, takes a dark frame, and then subtracts it from each of the displayed video frames, reducing noise in the image. You could also experiment with 2x2 noise reduction (in the "brain" menu). Even so, you will be limited to bright guide stars.
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Thanks Rigel! That's some pretty specific advice that I'll definitely try next time I'm out.
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Originally Posted by Octane
This might sound rudimentary, but, I'll ask anyway, did you drift align the mount first? How long did the star stay in the reticle/camera before it started to drift?
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I didn't. Have yet to try drift aligning, although I have read a lot about it. It was on my list next time out.
I did a 3 star align, then guided to some other stars and did some guiding correction on those.