RE: [APML] 80mm refractor as a guide scope? (was: ETX as Guide-scope)

["Jason Lewis" <jle667@airmail.net>]

Frank,

  There are lots of unhappy stories from those attempting to use a
guidescope with a SCT.  OAG gets easier with practice and bypasses several
gremlins.  It's especially tolerable with a good autoguider.  The ST4 allows
me to guide on stars that I certainly would not want to guide manually.  I
have never used the 201XT, but I hear that it does work.

Jason

See Astrophotos at http://web2.airmail.net/jle667/

-----Original Message-----
Wil Milan wrote:
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It's like starting across a bridge that you know only goes halfway across
the
river: You'd be better off putting your money and effort into something that
eventually *will* get you where you want to go. In this case, a short guide
scope atop an SCT is *not* going to get you well-guided photos,

Frank Schwartz wrote:
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>I do know that OAG guiding is horrible and difficult.


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