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Old 09-03-2011, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by AstroGuy View Post
Hi all,

Anyone have any ideas how sensitive a camera should be for guiding?

Well that depends...if you are off axis guiding then you would want someting quite sensitive like a loadstar.

If you are off axis guiding and imaging thru filters then guide camera sensitivity is even more important, maybe a cooled guide camera or loadstar..or maybe one of the new SBIG guiders or a guide head inbuilt to your camera?

If you are guiding thru a guide scope..then the std Q guider/webcam etc will more than likely suffice for most.

Well...FWIW.
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