Getting an autoguider

[daik (Daniel)]

Hello all,
I've been doing some basic astrophotography for awhile now and I'm thinking an autoguider would be helpful. I've got a 90mm refractor, mounted on a HEQ5 pro mount. So my question is naturally what is a good autoguider to start with? Price is of course always an issue.

I've looked at the following
http://www.bintel.com.au/Astrophotog...oductview.aspx

http://www.bintel.com.au/Astrophotog...oductview.aspx

http://www.bintel.com.au/Astrophotog...oductview.aspx

and
http://www.bintel.com.au/Astrophotog...oductview.aspx

Any suggestions on which one offers the most 'bang for buck'? Are there better alternatives than the ones I've found above?

[glend (Glen)]

The Orion Mini-guider is all you will need but if you go with a ZWO ASI guide camera use Metaguide as it works much better than PHD2 with those high frame rate cameras.

[daik (Daniel)]

Excellent thank you Glen!
I shall add that to my list, thank you very much for your thoughts. I have no idea what to look for when I am shopping for autoguiders.

regards
Daniel

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Originally Posted by glend

The Orion Mini-guider is all you will need but if you go with a ZWO ASI guide camera use Metaguide as it works much better than PHD2 with those high frame rate cameras.

Hey Glen, I use an ASI 120 with my Orion guidescope and find PHD2 works pretty well with it.

What's the improvement with Metaguide?

I'm pretty new to this autoguiding as well, though got really consistent 5 min shots the other night.