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Originally Posted by jjjnettie
Brent, do yourself a favour and buy a cheapy .5 focal reducer for your guide camera. Finding stars should no longer be a problem after that. 
lol just reread your post...duh...it was a cloudy night to start with.
I use a FR with my setup, it really helps with the webcam. Straight away there are twice as many stars to choose from. |
hi Jnettie,
that is a very good idea. have to give that a shot. but since you're adding more glass in, did you find it reduces brightness of the stars at all?
I've got a qhy5 with a 1.25" nosepiece. where would the reducer fit?
on second thought, since you're doubling the FOV, wouldn't the stars move half as much as before, meaning would tracking be less accurate as the star would have to move twice as much to get the same correction?