Hi terry I use PHD guiding software that came with the orion autoguider.
I will try unguided photos tonight and then guided and see if there is much of a difference.
One thing I notice is when I go to use the guiding program and I calibrate it for say m42 it finds and holds onto a guide star right in centre of crosshair stays there no problem (i know its a star and not hot pixel ) then if I track over to western side to take photo of m22 or North to take shot of andromeda the stars in guide program move in the screen fairly quickly and its hard to get the guider to hold onto star to guide. Seems to move in the guide square west on computer screen. It does however work after re calibrating by turning the PHD program off and on again.
Any suggestions at a different guide program?
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Originally Posted by Terry B
Is the guider actually guiding?
Even if the balance isn't great you should be able to guide better than the last images shows.
I don't think that the polar alignment is the problem. To have as much drift as that image from poor alignment you would need to be 10's of degrees off.
What guide software are you using?
Try images with and without the guider and see if there is any difference.
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