TSX guiding rate Hz?

[White Rabbit]

I finally have TSX guiding well (fingers crossed) and I notice that in the guider panel there are a few measurements listed one of them being guide rate. Mine says it is 0.04 Hz. What is this telling me?

Thanks
Sandy

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by White Rabbit

I finally have TSX guiding well (fingers crossed) and I notice that in the guider panel there are a few measurements listed one of them being guide rate. Mine says it is 0.04 Hz. What is this telling me?

Thanks
Sandy

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[White Rabbit]

It wouldn't surprise me, lol.

[rat156]

It means you are guiding at 0.04 corrections per second, are your guide exposures 25ish seconds?

Cheers
Stuart

[White Rabbit]

Thanks, my guide exposure was under a second but with a two second gap between exposures. So it's a percentage of one correction spread out over multiple exposures? I had to think about that lol, I was thinking how on earth could you have .04 corrections when a correction =1. So with an exposure length of 2.5 my mount is only making a correction every..wait that can't be right. No, I don't understand it would you mind explaining a little further please.

Cheers Sandy.

[White Rabbit]

anyone?

[MrB (Simon)]

I have no experience with TSX, but...

I was thinking how on earth could you have .04 corrections when a correction =1.

0.04 Hz or 0.04 corrections per second, which, as Stuart has said, is one correction every 25 seconds (1/0.04 = 25)

Thanks, my guide exposure was under a second but with a two second gap between exposures.
So with an exposure length of 2.5 my mount is only making a correction every.. wait that can't be right.

You're right, it's not right.
2.5 seconds would be 1/2.5 = 0.4 Hz.
Are you sure it said 0.04 Hz? Maybe it reported 0.4 Hz and you misread it?

[White Rabbit]

Thanks Simon.

I'm pretty sure it was 0.04 but I'll check again.

So I was on the right track.

Cheers.