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by midcon07
Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:06 pm
Forum: Shoestring Hardware and Software
Topic: Guiding problem using PHD
Replies: 2
Views: 5520

Re: Guiding problem using PHD

Thanks much, I'll go there.

Jerry
by midcon07
Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:48 pm
Forum: Shoestring Hardware and Software
Topic: Guiding problem using PHD
Replies: 2
Views: 5520

Guiding problem using PHD

My setup is a Meade LXD75 mount w/ an 8" SC as the imaging scope, an Orion 80mm Short Tube as the guide scope, a moded Canon XTi as the primary camera shooting through a f6.3 focal reducer and a DSI Pro as guide camera. PHD is the guide progarm. My laptop runs Windows XP Home, SP3. I use the ASCOM d...
by midcon07
Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:27 am
Forum: Shoestring Hardware and Software
Topic: R.A. Error
Replies: 1
Views: 4204

R.A. Error

Using PHD with a LXD75 mount, DSI Pro, and serial guiding. System is Windows XP Home. The PHD software communicates with the computer. However when I start the guiding process the program will go through 61 "cycles" at .5 second or any other shutter speed. Upon completing the 61st I get a message st...
by midcon07
Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:56 pm
Forum: Third-Party Hardware and Software
Topic: DSLR Shutter/Canon XTi
Replies: 3
Views: 13033

Re: DSLR Shutter/Canon XTi

I got it solved and it was pretty simple, perhaps something you might want to pass on to newbies like myself. Prior to using DSLR Shutter, when using my Canon either at prime focus or piggyback I always set the delay feature on it to compensate for possible vibrations, etc. So the way I had my camer...
by midcon07
Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:27 pm
Forum: Third-Party Hardware and Software
Topic: DSLR Shutter/Canon XTi
Replies: 3
Views: 13033

DSLR Shutter/Canon XTi

When using DSLR Shutter I usually shoot 300 second exposures. For some reason my exposure times vary from between 293 seconds to 370 seconds. Also some times when I set the program to take, say, 9 exposures it will only take 3 though the camera still has plenty of battery power. I have a feeling the...