RE: [APML] Ideal STV Guiding Errors?

["Thomas W. Earle" <twade@bmi.net>]

Kent,

 

<<What kind of brightness reading are you using for these stars?>>

 

I typically select a star "brightness" around 1000-1500.  I'll try your 1/2 to 2 second exposures to see what happens using the eFinder.

 

<<When doing your drift aligning, how long are you going before the selected stars move off the reference point?>>

 

What do you mean by reference point?  I use the STV for polar alignment using the Drive Monitor Slow option (i.e. it mimics the drift alignment method).

 

I'm using an AP 900GTO mount so it should track accurately.  I'll try the manual calibrate and track methods to see if I get better results. Do you have any parameter values you would recommend when using the manual methods?

 

I really appreciate your comments and suggestions.

 

Wade

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