Dave2292 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgie1 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael8554 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCarleton Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave2292 Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin66 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Always better to calibrate on a star closer to the equator. PHD will then make corrections for the dec of the target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave2292 Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam1234 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin66 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Yes, celestial equator. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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