PEC for AVX --- total failure

[Thalestris24]

If we could all get decent images at 600mm on our budget mounts without guiding then surely we wouldn't bother with fiddling about with the complications and expense of guiding!

Louise

[RayD]

Wowzer! I'm guessing and hoping some of the anger is simply a translation thing.

I think what most people are saying, and I think very politely and correctly, is if you are looking for long exposure DSO imaging without guiding, you absolutely have the wrong mount, and no amount of PEC training will change that.

I have an AVX, and I also have a Mesu 200, and a AZ EQ6, and I wouldn't expect perfect long exposure unguided images from any one of them.

As others have noted, PHD works perfectly with W10, and guiding certainly doesn't need to be a chore or expensive.  In fact, with the clear frustration not guiding appears to be causing you, it could well be therapeutic.  Give it a go and see how much nicer AP is when doing it.