ZWO 120mm mini mono or T7M for guiding

[pedromreis]

Hi

So I want to start guiding. I've read that the t7m is a clone with same performance than the zwo. As any one tested both and confirm this?

BTW, the rest of the equipment would be:

- sw 150 pds + cannon 60d for imaging

- eq3-2 mount with onstep

- sw startravle 80 or another  lighter scope for guiding... some suggestions welcome here.

I can buy any of them, but I would prefer the cheap one if is the same offcourse..

Any other option on the price range also welcomed.

 

thanks!

 

[alacant]

Hi

We use the t7m. It works fine using the zwo drivers, just download the latest version from the asi site, as you would for a 120 anyway. The drivers supplied with the camera work, but our version was 2 issues old.

If you need it to work via usb3, you can update the firmware. 

HTH

[pedromreis]

1 minute ago, alacant said:

Hi

We use the t7m. It works fine using the zwo drivers, just download the latest version from the asi site, as you would for a 120 anyway. The drivers supplied with the camera work, but our version was 2 issues old.

If you need it to work via usb3, you can update the firmware. 

HTH

Thanks

Do you use it on a Windows or Linux system?

Have you ever tried the st4 connection? For guiding? 

Thanks for sharing.

Pedro

 

 

 

[alacant]

Linux. Not tried on camera.

Had assumed that you used windows. If not, ignore the bit about the drivers.

 

Edited March 21, 2021 by alacant

[pedromreis]

35 minutes ago, alacant said:

Linux. Not tried on camera.

Had assumed that you used windows. If not, ignore the bit about the drivers.

 

I'll be using linux.

I'm thinking on buying this for guiding, using some sw or connected to st4 port of the guiding system on the mount.

You used it for imaging only? If for guiding, what kind of scope do you use with it?

 

[alacant]

We use it only for guiding. Never used it to take photos.

We guide everything from a 72mm refractor via a 60mm guide telescope to an old blue tube 254mm f4.7, the latter in an oag. 

It works out of the box with INDI/EKOS' pulse guiding.

Edited March 21, 2021 by alacant

[pedromreis]

14 hours ago, alacant said:

We use it only for guiding. Never used it to take photos.

We guide everything from a 72mm refractor via a 60mm guide telescope to an old blue tube 254mm f4.7, the latter in an oag. 

It works out of the box with INDI/EKOS' pulse guiding.

Tks!

I'll give it a try.