Guiding help

[Dave2292]

hello just a little question, whenever i guide looking at something in the northish direction PHD2 guides really well but if i am looking in any other direction it is horrendous.

the mount is a heq5 pro, polar aligned using sharpcap pro and the balance is as perfect as i can get it

any ideas? thanks for reading guys

[Budgie1]

Have you done a calibration in PHD2 and where was the scope pointing when you did it?

Assuming you did the calibration, did PHD2 give any warnings, as these can point you towards what to check.

[michael8554]

Guiding at higher Decs is "easier" as the stars appear to move more slowly than at low Dec.

But where did you Calibrate - On Target, or at Dec 0 ?

Does PHD2 have a connection to the mount that supplies RA and Dec position ?

Michael

[JonCarleton]

Redo the calibration, then run the Guiding Assistant from the Tools menu.  Let it run for a few minutes, it will give you suggestions to APPLY that are usually spot on.

[Dave2292]

7 hours ago, Budgie1 said:

Have you done a calibration in PHD2 and where was the scope pointing when you did it?

Assuming you did the calibration, did PHD2 give any warnings, as these can point you towards what to check.

I calibrated on the end star in the big dipper and the only warning that popped up now and again was the max ra duration was too low but I bumped back that back to default. 

 

6 hours ago, michael8554 said:

Guiding at higher Decs is "easier" as the stars appear to move more slowly than at low Dec.

But where did you Calibrate - On Target, or at Dec 0 ?

Does PHD2 have a connection to the mount that supplies RA and Dec position ?

Michael

I calibrated on the end star of the big dipper and yeah using eqmod with the cable from first light optics. 

 

5 hours ago, JonCarleton said:

Redo the calibration, then run the Guiding Assistant from the Tools menu.  Let it run for a few minutes, it will give you suggestions to APPLY that are usually spot on.

I did use the guiding assistant for about 5 minutes and used the suggestions. 

 

Thanks for all the messages, this has ruined two nights for me haha I have tidyed the wires up considerably as well and the only error I got was the max ra setting wasn't enough, which I restored to default. 

 

Thanks again 

[Merlin66]

Always better to calibrate on a star closer to the equator.

PHD will then make corrections for the dec of the target.

 

[Dave2292]

1 hour ago, Merlin66 said:

Always better to calibrate on a star closer to the equator.

PHD will then make corrections for the dec of the target.

 

So I want to calibrate on a star that is as low as possible and South? 

Thanks for the reply 

Edited November 6, 2020 by Dave2292

[Adam1234]

1 hour ago, Merlin66 said:

Always better to calibrate on a star closer to the equator.

PHD will then make corrections for the dec of the target.

 

I'm assuming you mean the celestial equator, rather than the actual equator?

[Merlin66]

Yes, celestial equator.