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Old 23-01-2009, 12:16 PM
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Whoah, been reading some more about this:

http://www.wilmslowastro.com/tips/autoguiding.htm

Talking about ratios of focal length of imaging scope versus guide scope, pixels of imaging camera versus pixels of guide camera, sub-pixel capabilities of the guiding software, arcseconds (what?)... getting compli-ma-cated...

Summarising my equipment considering the above -

Imaging gear: ED80 600mm f/7.5 with Canon 30D 3504 x 2336 px image size.

Guiding gear: ED100 900mm f/9 with SPC900NC 640 x 460 pixels.

Proposed guide scope: 80mm f/5 400mm FL with above SPC900NC.

I have no idea how or what to calculate arcseconds.
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