[gregbradley]

Do you think some software does a better job of autoguiding than others?

Any opinions?

PHD, CCDsoft, Maxim DL.

I know CCDOps has some adapter algorithim but I only used it once very early on so I don't know. I see good results from PHD and it is very simple.

I currently use CCDsoft and the Temma driver by Chuck Faranda which is quite user friendly and enables adjustment of the guide rates as it is going along so you can fine tune it to an extent, plus you can park the Tak mount so it is still aligned next use. I have had troubles in the past using CCDsoft and an FSQ106ED. For some reason it wouldn't callibrate the autoguider with that setup. I had to use subframes as it was reading hot pixels by mistake.

I used PHD once with a Starfish autguiding camera and that was very user friendly - just plug and play pretty much.

Greg.