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Guidescope Limitations
I am getting frustrated with the lack of capability of my little Orion Mini-guidescope. Trying to image M17 last night I just could not find a star within the field of view of the 50mm guidescope (even with some adjustment) that had the mass needed for PHD2. Is this normal? Does the use of small guidescopes limit people to concentrating on the same objects over and over that provide a good star for guiding? In the end I gave up on guiding the NEQ6 and just went back to the polar alignment routine in V3.35 to get within a few seconds of the SCP and then used PAE to lock onto M17s position. This worked fine and I got the subs I was after.
Is guiding a lazy solution? Would going to a 80mm guidescope eliminate the issue?
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