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On 29/11/2019 at 10:33, Adam J said:

Yes people are always worrying about flex, I can never comment on it having never experienced it, I suspect that its because I use an appropriately sized guide scope (you really don't need anything smaller bigger than a 50mm guide scope right up to 1000mm focal length) and without guide rings. I really don't like the ST80 as a guider for those reasons and not least because the focuser is terrible and tilts with gravity even with only a guide camera attached. 

Is there a cheap guide scope you'd reccomend?  Thank you all for the advice.

Hey folks, this is my first go so be easy on me lol.

Thankyou everyone, i have managed to get the qhy5 going in phd but cant for the life of me get the dc focus app running on my computer

Thank you guys, it all started out when I built an observatory for my dad when he retired. He said he said he wanted it completely computerised so this is the equipment he purchased. After a year or 2 with the gear he just can't get his head round the technology side of things so has decided he wants to just use his 250pds on a don mount. His health hasn't been great as of late so told be to take the imaging setup as he was going to leave it all to me anyway. I'm chuffed to bits. I’ve used to set up pier mounted but haven't done much guiding and have only imaged little bits successfully but i’ve not had lots of time to learn the lot. I don't suppose anyone has the old driver for the qhy5 do they? Thanks for the pointers guys. 

Yes, i installed it when i first installed the ascom platform and my atik drivees etc

Yes, everything else i have works fine all controlled through the ascom platform.

Yes it did have a wide plate on it so i took it off until i can get something a little smaller. If i remember right the bar i want is called a losmandy bar but i could be wrong 

Hey guys i've just installed the hitec astro dc focus but for some reason the program wont open when i try to run the program.

Im running windows 7 64bit but have tries it in different compatibility modes with no joy. Also have the old qhy5 camera on the guide scope but can find the software anywhere.

Hi folks, just recieved all this imaging equipment from my dad as he cant get his head round the imaging and has decided to stick with his dobsy.

Cant wait to get started, any tips are hugely appreciated.