Frank the Troll Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Thinking of getting this camera, will be using it just for guiding http://www.opticstar.com/Run/Astronomy/Astro-Imagers-Opticstar.asp?p=0_10_0_50_126 This should be good enough, any others in the same price range? too think about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooth_dr Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 What about a used ASI ZWO120MM? That's what I use, can be bought for £80 secondhand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alacant Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 36 minutes ago, Frank the Troll said: any others Hi. We use the mono version of this one, but I'm sure the colour version will be fine; it's the same specification as the one you cite. Cheers and HTH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlaiv Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 43 minutes ago, Frank the Troll said: Thinking of getting this camera, will be using it just for guiding http://www.opticstar.com/Run/Astronomy/Astro-Imagers-Opticstar.asp?p=0_10_0_50_126 This should be good enough, any others in the same price range? too think about That very much looks like QHY5LIIc that I used to have - I was happy with that camera except for some driver issues (a bit quirky drivers). I eventually replaced it with ASI185. It uses well known sensor and for guiding purpose you don't need high speed interface. I would only be worried about drivers quality and possibly lack of raw format. 6 minutes ago, alacant said: Hi. We use the mono version of this one, but I'm sure the colour version will be fine; it's the same specification as the one you cite. Cheers and HTH. Does it support 12 bit RAW output? I can't tell from the link you provided: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alacant Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, vlaiv said: 12 bit Hi. Sorry, don't know. It does whatever a zwo120 does. Plug it into PHD2 as a zwo and it just works. Guides well. I think the OP just wants guiding. For guiding download, I'd recommend 8 bit. Cheers Edited January 31, 2020 by alacant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlaiv Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 5 hours ago, alacant said: Hi. Sorry, don't know. It does whatever a zwo120 does. Plug it into PHD2 as a zwo and it just works. Guides well. I think the OP just wants guiding. For guiding download, I'd recommend 8 bit. Cheers I've found that I like guiding better when I use ascom driver and download 12 bit data. Never had SNR over 50 or so with 8bit and native drivers in Phd2 but regularly have SNR over 100 or even few hundred with ascom driver and 12bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alacant Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 7 hours ago, vlaiv said: like guiding better when I use ascom driver and download 12 bit data Hi Native PHD2 driver feeding an INDI controlled mount here; 8 bit just works. We've never tried 12 bit. I think the recommendation is to keep the downloads as lean as possible so maybe best to recommend that to the OP? I think 8 bit is the default anyway so perhaps best not to complicate it! Cheers and clear skies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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