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Atlas/NEQ6 mount users who also use EQMOD, what guide settings in EQMOD seem to work best for you? Been having issues with RA, and I have ruled out cable drag/balance as causes. Only other thing I can think to check is the guide rates in EQMOD. Oh, I am using PHD2.9.
Any help appreciated.
Mike
Mike Chartrand Scopes: WO Star 71 Gen-II (F/4.9), Astro-Tech AT115EDT (F/7), Celestron 8" Edge HD (F/10) Cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM w/ Baader 1.25" LRGB & Narrowband Filters, ZWO ASI174MM mini, Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Mount: Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro Guiding: Orion ST-80 (f/5) w/ADM MiniMax (side-by-side), ZWO OAG Software: PHD2, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight Dark Site Transportation System: 2020 Telluride SX
The general recommendation is 0.5x to 0.9x. I don't think there is a magic number more precise than that
Make sure you don't have the default 0.1x - the cause of many issues experienced by first time users https://github.com/OpenPHDGuiding/phd2/ ... M-Settings
Thank you both for your responses. Seems like making sure RA & Dec were set at 0.5X did help. Any insight on minimum pulse width, or should the default setting suffice? Thanks again.
Mike
Mike Chartrand Scopes: WO Star 71 Gen-II (F/4.9), Astro-Tech AT115EDT (F/7), Celestron 8" Edge HD (F/10) Cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM w/ Baader 1.25" LRGB & Narrowband Filters, ZWO ASI174MM mini, Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Mount: Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro Guiding: Orion ST-80 (f/5) w/ADM MiniMax (side-by-side), ZWO OAG Software: PHD2, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight Dark Site Transportation System: 2020 Telluride SX