Coops Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hi All,This is my first go with guiding,Started out with PhD but I got the feeling it was not too happy with the webcam as it was constantly saying' star not moving Etc' and crashing so I switch over to Guidedog and that for my set up seemed far more stable.This is 10x600 in Ha with a QHY6 and a WO megrez 72 mount HEQ5 giuded with my little SPC900 and a Olympus 50m lens piggy backed.Flats and darks applied in DSS curves and levels in PS 5.5 (click to enlarge) Thanks for lookingPeteI forgot to mention of the 10subs I only used 5 as the others had some tracking issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 That's a nice pacman Pete. Shame about the lost subs since that would have smoothed things out nicely. Guiding is one of those things which is a doddle when it works, you think you've got it cracked, and then it goes belly up again. Definitely looks like good progress though if you are managing 10 mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talitha Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 VERY nice Pete, beautiful depth! I like the tiny Bok Globules, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markcol Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 That's a great image for first time Pete. That's a common problem in PHD and you probably need to increase the calibration steps value in the settings.Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Great start, looking forward to many more. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobilly Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Nice image Pete,Its likely your problem was cause by the short focal lenght of the "guidescope" taht you were using -unless it really was a 50m There are a few settings to tweak in PHD... the problem was that during the calibration process PHD wasn't seeing the star moving when it was moving the mount...Now if only i could remeber which settigns to change....Billy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coops Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Thanks for all the feedback folks!!I found another thread with the same issue and have made the adjustment in PhDYep its a 50m lens Billy I did try a telephoto 135m but I couldn't get it to focus so stuck with the 50m(what is the FL of that lens?)Thanks againPete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beyond_Vision Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Thats a craking start well done Pete RegardsKevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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