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Originally Posted by stevous67
James, two nights? Sorry, but thats nothing. I've spent three months optimising a fully automated system. Patience is a big part of this game, and the advice given above should help you.
Some people do not realise the difficulty involved in just finding a star in the field of a OAG. Remember it is much smaller than your primary FOV. Make sure to slew to a densely populated star field, this will certainly help.
Good luck,
Steve
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Thanks Steve but im not trying to optimize an automated observatory, just a OAG, if you wish to spend 3 months setting up an automation, more power to you. But for me 2 perfectly clear nights wasted, and 12 hours of pulling my hair out over a $170 OAG + QHY5 is about the limitations of my patience. Especially when the QHY5 has no instruction on focus, and the OAG has very little information at all, not one salesman at any stage in the purchasing of these items has said "Hey have you got a extension tube? you should probably get one is will save you hours of stuffing around and it only costs $30", I would have paid ten times that if it would save me the frustrations of the past few nights.
Because i live in the middle of whoop whoop, all post takes between 5-7 days, so everytime i hit a snag its another 7 days before i can rectify it!!, im into the 2nd week of owning the OAG and Cam, and still it hasnt been used as intended..
I am very sure once all the dramas are sorted, i can then learn to use the radial functions to find a bright enough star to guide on, then I can enjoy my many hours of astronomical joy. (which i have patience for)
Thank you everyone for your advice, now just have to wait a week to try them
I have a great daytime target, a mobile phone tower on a mountain 10 kms away, i used it to align my finder.