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Old 13-02-2010, 03:28 PM
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re manual guiding

I have heard people use the DD1 controler on The Vixen mounts

having a guide star on computer screen,and just touching the buttons on the controller to keep star centered.Works very well,I know one chap
who used this method,he said he was very happy with results,in fact he stated that images were better than when he used his auto guiding kit.

But hey,For around $600 to get a Orion auto guider and cheap $200 guide scope,anyone doing large amounts of astro-photography,can't go wrong with such a set up,for such a price.

But still nice to see some doing it the old fashioned way.

Cheers
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