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Re: [APML] ST-4 questions




--- >Bobby Middleton <bobm@koyote.com> wrote:

> Average adjust is a good way to average out bad
> seeing. I use it all the
> time. I set parameters to make corrections about
> every 2 seconds but that
> will depend upon how accurate your mount is. For
> example, if my exposure
> time is.5 sec them I put AA at 4. If it's 1 sec then
> AA = 2, etc.

Hey Bobby, 

If the ST is taking 3 second exposures and 'AA' is set
at '1', guiding corrections are done after every
exposure. If 'AA' is set to '4' corrections are done
after every 4th exposure(or every 12 seconds). Is this
right?

> PS One more note. See how the st-4 tracks with F.L.
> = short. That doesn't
> sound right but mine tracks much better on the S
> setting. And I always try
> to use faint mode.

Sounds interesting. Any ideas why this is?

Thanks,
Alan

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