Guiding advice ?

[ultramol]

If it's possible, can anyone tell me what software I would need to just plug a USB camera into it and be able to guide with that camera ? I use CdeC and an astroeq box to enable goto on my EQ5 mount. I have looked on the internet but everything seems to need adapters and other things and I was wondering if there was another way to do it. Many thanks in advance.....Geoff

[cfpendock]

Presumably you want to image with your Canon.  In order to guide, normally you will need an additional scope, often mounted on top of your imaging scope. Many people use a finder scope for this - certainly it doesn't need to be expensive, but it is imperative that it is VERY firmly fixed to the main scope.  PHD is a free guiding programme which is widely used by people on this site.  It needs a camera which it will recognise for guiding (most USB windows based cameras will work), and a connection from your mount to your computer.  There is a lot of very good information on this in Steve Richards' book: "Making Every Photon Count" - he is a well respected member of this forum, and the book is a valuable from the site sponsors - FLO.

Hope this helps.

Chris

[ultramol]

It helps me very much, thank you very indeed......Geoff