JPearson

I try to always keep a wrench handy for tightening down the mount just in case haha

Thanks! I'll give it a try then, after the investment in auto guiding equipment I want to hold off on any more upgrades for a few months hehe

Hi there everyone!

I was curious if anyone has tried or has any feedback on using a skywatcher AZ3 in place of the wedge base that comes with the SkyGuider Pro. I'm currently living in Northern Ireland, not my home Country of Canada so I don't have it on hand to check if it has a mounting thread on the bottom. I know the supplied wedge leaves a lot to be desired and thought I could even temporarily sub in the AZ3 from Skywatcher as a wedge base, it does have the fine adjustments and I recall them being reasonably smooth. My end goal is to someday buy the William Optics wedge and extension for the counterweight bar but I figured it doesn't hurt to ask/try (when I get home in a couple months) to use something that I already own to improve my stability for imaging as I am adding an auto guiding setup when I return in june.

Thanks everyone,

Jordon P

Included is an early attempt from when I got the Skyguider Pro before I moved, if memory serves its 20 lights, darks, flats and bias frames, about 2 min each from a Sony A7III with 70-200mm F4, unguided. processed in Siril and Photoshop. 

Thanks Everyone!

I have placed an order for a Pi 4, in the meantime (difficult as it is with the camera not having been delivered) I am playing around with ekos trying to figure out the interface.

Cheers!

Thank you both for your advice and feedback! That is kind of what I was expecting to hear about it. I'll get a Pi 4gb then, just to be a bit future proof though i plan on using it solely for guiding for at least a couple years.

Hi Everyone!

Forgive me if this should be in a different thread or has been discussed before I might have missed it. I am trying to get back into astronomy in general and step up my astrophotography game, I am very much still a beginner however I have an Ioptron Skyguider Pro that I mount my Sony A7III onto, and am currently awaiting the arrival of a ZWO ASI120MM-S for my guide scope.

My question is, is the Raspberry Pi Zero W capable of running PHD2? I have Astroberry loaded on it and it seems to run, it is a bit slow which is not really surprising with how basic the Zero is. However while I seem to be able to open all of the other apps PHD2 never opens, the hour glass appears and its thread will show up in the task manager for about 3 seconds before it disappears.

Has anyone else tried this and seen similar results? I'm prepared to order a Pi4 and don't mind doing so, but I have the Zero on hand so if its just an update or configuration change I don't mind fiddling around with it.

Thanks Everyone!

Jordon