[Prickly]

Hi,

Michael and I have been trying to get PHD working for autoguiding. I can see some guide stars focussed through my C90 but they appear quite faint and maybe only one or two per chip.

I was wondering whether this was normal or whether I should be seeing a greater number of stars using the QHY5. Also appreciate feedback on the optimal settings under the brain icon for advanced settings or a typical range people might use. Which ones do I need to adjust gain? Not sure about most of the others. Do you use the 3x3 median for noise reduction?

Should I use the darkframe? Seemed a good idea but when I did the image got worse! (Very dark with bright white pixcels) Maybe doing something wrong here.

Finally what time do you set 1sec?

Appreciate any help you could give. We are looking forward to trying some longer exposures. Those round stars are hopefully not too far away!

Cheers
David