Re: [APML] 9mm or 12mm guiding eyepiece

["Fred & Liz Lusen" <fl.lusen@verizon.net>]

And to go one further then Tony, when the autoguider fails in the field you
will still be able to do photography.

Fred Lusen W5CWO
fl.lusen@verizon.net

----- Original Message -----
From: <Tonyhallas@aol.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] 9mm or 12mm guiding eyepiece


> Marios,
>
>     IMHO get the eyepiece without the circles.... if you are trying to
guide
> on a faint star
> the more "noise" you have in the eyepiece the harder it is to see the
star.
> Back the star
> into your favorite corner of the square and keep it there, or use the
Lumicon
> relay lens
> to really power up the guide/shoot ratio and then just keeping the star in
> the center of the square will do great. As an aside, it is vital for
people
> new to guiding to manually guide in some fashion before using automated
> devices...1. You will understand guiding. 2. You will fall on your knees
and
> say a prayer of thanks to SBIG for having perfected autoguiders.
>
>       Tony
>
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