Having finalised my back focus at 80mm on my guide scope and ASI224MC I had my first go at auto guiding last night. Good polar alignment, and tracking M51 the switched over to guide on the ASIAir, stars not bright enough for the Air to pick one automatically. Hereinafter lay my problem. I was picking stars that were too dim and the guider soon lost them.
Mind you, I was able to image for 3 minute subs, and the ASIAIR successfully conducted a median flip, plate solved, centred and continued gracefully on it way.
I can say this little box is accelerating my learning curve, sure there are some glitches, but when aren’t there? Main cause of glitches, looks around suspiciously, yep - me.
Cheers,
Tony.
Smart Scope: Dwarf II - Club and outreach work.
AP Refractor: Altair 72EDF Deluxe F6;1x & 0.8 Flatteners; Antares Versascope 60mm finder. ASIAir Pro.Li battery pack for grab & go.
Celestron AVX Mount; X-cel LX eyepieces & Barlows 2x 3x, ZWO 2” Filter holder,
Cameras: main DSO ASI533MC; DSO guide ASI120MM; Planetary ASI224MC; DSLR Canon EOS100 stock.
Filters: Astronomik IR cut; Optolong L-Pro; Optolong L-Enhance.
Binoculars: Celestron 15 x 70.
Latitude: 52.219853
Longitude: -1.034471
Accuracy: 5 m
Bortle 4 site.
https://maps.google.com/?q=52.21985,-1.03447
