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Originally Posted by tlgerdes
Hi Nico,
As the "Other"  Trevor said, the Autostar doesnt have direct guide ability.
You can though still autoguide, but you need a computer to act as the mediator. The Autostar AUX port is an RS232 port that accepts LX200 commands. You can google for the pin outs.
You can use something like PHD Guiding as the PC software to accept the picture from a supported camera and then send LX200 guide commands via your computers serial port to the Autostar handcontroller. |
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Originally Posted by multiweb
GSO 9x50 Finder $70.00 + QHY5 $250.00 + PHD (free). That should sort all your guiding needs for a long while.
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Thanks guys,
A couple of different options here for me to look at.
I have to sort the motor fault when slewing but that's not a problem if I'm not using the goto and just using it as a drive system.
I have managed reasonable tracking with good alignment but I may be asking too much of the drive and mount with the all up weight.
Just need to balance it well I guess, stripped one set of motor drive gears when I forgot to set the counter weights.
I need to look at the big picture and put the whole lot into context to see where the week points are and work from there.
I'm not in a great rush to do this so will take my time and sort through it.
Thanks again for the tips and a few thing for me to look at.
Nico.