EQ6 Tracking problem

[bmitchell82 (Brendan)]

when im guiding i can see a regular peak occur in RA that is guided out, not to worry its all happy days.! as long as the resultant has round stars i know im caputring as much detail as i can get.

[Moon (James)]

I am thinking about a WO Megrez 72.

I've got one of these and it does look great, but it really needs a field flattener if you are going to use it for imaging. It works ok as a guide scope, but you need lots of extender to bring the guide camera to focus.
It's also quite heavy - there might be other lighter weight options out there.

[OzRob (Rob)]

Originally Posted by Moon

I've got one of these and it does look great, but it really needs a field flattener if you are going to use it for imaging. It works ok as a guide scope, but you need lots of extender to bring the guide camera to focus.
It's also quite heavy - there might be other lighter weight options out there.

mmm...food for thought. Any suggestions for better options?

[bartman (Bart)]

Hi Rob,
just to let you know I had the same as in pic 3 of your starting post.
No wind etc....I did notice a bit of play in the dec bearing and tighted the grub screws a little and now havnt seen those strange shapes anymore ( not that I have done much imaging lately).
i'm also yet to start auto guiding but need to sort out the communication between my software and cam ( PHD and Gstar - via a usb to rca cable -)
Bartman