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Originally Posted by dannat
do you mean you want auto-align? like celestron star sense? or to use software to help you align yourself?
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I've no idea what Celestron Star Sense is, but will look it up
Software, or a mount that "does it all" would be ideal!
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Originally Posted by Merlin66
Adam,
Sounds like you're searching for the Holy Grail of astrophotography!
Guiding a 300mm lens should be much easier than with a telescope of >1000mm focal length.
All effective photographic mounts will need to be polar aligned, and depending on the tracking accuracy may also need a guide camera and software...
Is the only real issue the polar aligning of the AstroTrac???
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Haha, yeah I was hoping by now someone would have invented that Holy Grail! The issue is polar aligning the Astrotrac, yes, but just at long focal lengths. I know 300mm isn't long to you experts, but once I get past 70mm or so, then I start getting issues. I just don't understand how to fine-tune it accurately beyond that, and the scope that comes with it isn't so great since the "guide stars" are outside of the polar scope's view.. so I'm just guessing, and never seem to do a good job of it.
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Originally Posted by pluto
If polar aligning is the main problem then maybe keep the Astrotrac and get a QHY Polemaster.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I will investigate that.