You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Telescope Specific Forums >> Meade ACF/RCX / LX / GPS Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 wrather1 AstroBear Reged: 10/25/05 Posts: 2918 Loc: Dallas, Texas Guiding an RCX400       #2511018 - 07/10/08 04:03 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I may have asked this before, but I'm still trolling for that elusive answer to my question: what software/hardware does one use to guide a scope formerly known as the RCX 400? Even after wasting hours on PEC training I still can't get round stars on my AP pictures. They look like little half-moons or boomerangs on any exposure longer than 20 seconds... -------------------- "Don't worry about what telescope you own, or its quality. Just get out under the night sky, and enjoy God's wondrous universe." - T. M. Back Meade RCX400-12 on JMI trolley "Ursa Major" TMB 130SS on EQ6 PRO "Ursus Polaris" Orion ED80 "Ursa Minor", WO ZS66ED "grab-'n'-go" Canon EOS 30D (Hutech), Meade DSI, Philips ToUcam Pro North Texas Clear Sky Chart Post Extras:       Joseph Gillman Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/06/05 Posts: 2335 Loc: Boothwyn, PA Re: Guiding an RCX400 [Re: wrather1]       #2511067 - 07/10/08 04:27 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Camera plane not parallel to the focal plane? boomerangs sounds like coma, which in our scope there should not be! -------------------- Meade RCX400 30cm -- People dont like when I stick up for Meade but they're just jealous of my RCX Post Extras:       Bill W. Pooh-Bah Reged: 10/09/05 Posts: 1437 Loc: Western PA, USA Re: Guiding an RCX400 [Re: Joseph Gillman]       #2511424 - 07/10/08 07:17 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Can you post one of your images? -Bill -------------------- Orion Atlas EQ-G (EQMOD), SBIG ST-2000XM & AO7 Stellarvue SV66ED Skunk Hollow Observatory Post Extras:       wrather1 AstroBear Reged: 10/25/05 Posts: 2918 Loc: Dallas, Texas Re: Guiding an RCX400 [Re: Bill W.]       #2512799 - 07/11/08 12:51 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Joseph, I'm absolutely certain the bad stars were due to tracking errors on the mount, possibly coupled with vibration-induced artifact production. This scope has no coma, that I have ever been able to detect. Bill, I'll have to see if I kept any of the images - I usually trash the bad ones immediately. -------------------- "Don't worry about what telescope you own, or its quality. Just get out under the night sky, and enjoy God's wondrous universe." - T. M. Back Meade RCX400-12 on JMI trolley "Ursa Major" TMB 130SS on EQ6 PRO "Ursus Polaris" Orion ED80 "Ursa Minor", WO ZS66ED "grab-'n'-go" Canon EOS 30D (Hutech), Meade DSI, Philips ToUcam Pro North Texas Clear Sky Chart Post Extras:       Pess (Title) Reged: 09/12/07 Posts: 1910 Loc: Toledo, Ohio Re: Guiding an RCX400 [Re: wrather1]       #2512906 - 07/11/08 01:33 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Are you using a polar mount (wedge) or alt/az mount? Guiding problems are usually stars with trails. half-moon is usually some sort of collimation problem but we really need to see some of the pics to analyze. Pesse (I prefer side-saddle mount myself) Mist -------------------- 12" RCX400 WILLIAM OPTICS 110mm APO ZENITH STAR refractor Custom Wyorock focuser for refractor Douglas Schwan DC Befuddled observer, bewildered student, bemused teacher. Purveyor of cognitive dissonance. Todays Quote: "Answers are worthless unless the proper question has been asked." Post Extras:       LLEEGE Running out of Oxygen Reged: 03/03/05 Posts: 6773 Loc: Cloud-chester,NY Re: Guiding an RCX400 [Re: Pess]       #2514613 - 07/12/08 11:39 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   DSI and autostar? -------------------- AP900,LXD75 AP140EDF, TSA102, ZS80EDII SN6-OTA, C8-OTA Canon 20D, 350Hutech PST, Lunt LD60T/DS (on order) Post Extras:       wrather1 AstroBear Reged: 10/25/05 Posts: 2918 Loc: Dallas, Texas Re: Guiding an RCX400 [Re: LLEEGE]       #2520259 - 07/15/08 11:56 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I finally found an updated ASCOM driver for the RCX I want to try with PHD guiding, but it will have to wait until the crummy summer weather improves... -------------------- "Don't worry about what telescope you own, or its quality. Just get out under the night sky, and enjoy God's wondrous universe." - T. M. Back Meade RCX400-12 on JMI trolley "Ursa Major" TMB 130SS on EQ6 PRO "Ursus Polaris" Orion ED80 "Ursa Minor", WO ZS66ED "grab-'n'-go" Canon EOS 30D (Hutech), Meade DSI, Philips ToUcam Pro North Texas Clear Sky Chart Post Extras:       glenncondie member Reged: 03/17/07 Posts: 42 Loc: Laskay Observatory Canada Re: Guiding an RCX400 [Re: wrather1]       #2556607 - 08/02/08 06:53 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Have you tried Andrew Johansen's My Scope Pec Editor or Pempro to analyze your scopes performance? -------------------- 14"RCX / SBIG STL-6303, AOL , MOAG ,Astrodon E series LRGB,Baader Ha , OIII , SII Filter, ,Remote guiding head ,ADM balance system 3D ,8"LX-10 SCT,F6.3 fr,Nikon CP995 ,Olympic OM-1, Soon to arrive POD XL3 ;lined insulated Post Extras:       wrather1 AstroBear Reged: 10/25/05 Posts: 2918 Loc: Dallas, Texas Re: Guiding an RCX400 [Re: glenncondie]       #2559484 - 08/04/08 12:58 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I hear great things about PemPro - will have to give it a whirl. DW -------------------- "Don't worry about what telescope you own, or its quality. Just get out under the night sky, and enjoy God's wondrous universe." - T. M. Back Meade RCX400-12 on JMI trolley "Ursa Major" TMB 130SS on EQ6 PRO "Ursus Polaris" Orion ED80 "Ursa Minor", WO ZS66ED "grab-'n'-go" Canon EOS 30D (Hutech), Meade DSI, Philips ToUcam Pro North Texas Clear Sky Chart Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 3 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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