barrie greenwood

yeah cant find it in the log files but can find this one which is the settings used all night PHD2_DebugLog_2021-11-28_091717.txtPHD2_DebugLog_2021-11-28_091717.txtPHD2_DebugLog_2021-11-28_091717.txt PHD2_GuideLog_2021-11-21_103045.txt

PHD2_GuideLog_2021-11-22_123000.txt think thats right It doesnt seem to say a great deal to me unless im reading it wrong

A shot if the assistant

Here was the log file from last night PHD2_DebugLog_2021-11-24_234526.txt

The guide camera I'm using is an old Samsung scb 2000 that I converted fir guiding . I could get the focus a lot better but like you said I read somewhere to defects to make it easier to pick up I eventually set it at 3 secs to try to stop it chasing the seeing plus it was more of an experiment to try get it to guide as before this I was completely at a loss and could not get it to stay on a star for more than a few seconds . It was also windy very but I rarely get the conditions (as all of us ) so wasplaying about so the wind may have been a factor as well I'll dial those settings in and try again tonight as the wind has dropped and it supposed to be clear I'll also post up the log and let you guys look at it . Again thanks for taking the time to reply guys its really appreciated. Regards Baz

Morning . I'll get it up on here today As for focus no I didn't think it mattered on guide scope I've a lot to learn in this ill post up the log in a short wile . Regards Baz

Some light reading before bed . A little further on so its not been wasted tonight was more about getting it working which to some extent I have certainly more than it was . Ok ill give some time to reading the manual as it really cold out and the wind is picking up again ill report back.regards baz

No I think I upped them to react more should I use the defaults

Hi its an eq5 pro mount not the heq5 .yeah could be the polar align or balance slightly off but the mount is at the limit of its weight if not over . I may need to down size my scope or up the mount

Ok attached are a couple of sots of the guiding I don't think its great any tips on the settings or how to tighten up the guide . Regards Baz

Hi guys . Ok after reading the posts on this there was a lot to look into however in between gusts tonight it's guiding to a reasonable amount the high wind is killing it but ive managed to get it to play along . There are lots of settings to play about with and I had a real issue with an error reporting its wasn't moving the Dec enough where is the setting that I can change that with. Also no I'm an idiot the guide isn't 1000mm that's my main scope the guide is 60mm the camera is z lot better on 1 sec exposure as well . Regards Baz

Thanks guys could be some time before I get to try it the weather looks terrible for the next couple of weeks

Drift tool?? I set it at that just to see if understood you guys correctly. So I calibrate it around that area and once calibration is done I can then pick an object slew to it pick a guide star and guide I'm I correct . Regards Barrie

Ok I'm more than a bit confused here is a shot of the ascom where ithink you guys mean

Ok I'm lost here point the scope south yeah? if that's the case then 0 dec would be east . Do u have a step by step for idiots I don't need any real detail just an abc ish . Thanks newbie

I'm using pulse and it was pointing at Vega

Ok here is the guide logPHD2_GuideLog_2021-11-21_103045.txt

Ok ill take a look for it

Hi guys I'm sure this has been asked before I've searched bit cant really find anything . I'm trying to guide using phd and also phd2 but not having much luck . I've set up my guidescope and I'm using a Samsung scb 2000 camera as a guide camera. Once connected it shows up stars etc and allows me to pick a star and it goes into calibration and it sometimes calibrates Ok and starts to guide but then looses the star snd gives an error something about the mount and guiding maybe ineffective. All connections are good and cables are sound is this something in the settings or is my set up not capable of guiding . As always any information will be gratefully received. Thanks in advance best regards Barrie

Take a look 😊

Yeah it was a coloured image from my nikon dslr a D90 to be specific. It looks as it won't use the photometric process unless I run it through pixinsight to stack them. Let me ask u guys what importance do you put on flats bias darks etc as some times I've found using them makes the image worse or us this a known issue and do you take out or use as required depending on results . Regards Baz

No but I restacked in pi and its done it now but strange really

I'll give it a try bear with me

Tried em all still no dice . Its working in a single image raw file but not on the stacked images

Yep put the m31 ra and Dec in but did crop it so I tried with an uncropped version of the same pic still not playing . I've input my focal length and pixel size yeah