Guest StevenWhatley Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Well last yesterday I got ready for first light with my new camera and well what a stressful few hours that was... Firstly I moved my guide scope to the top centre of the scope (it used to be on the left hand side) as I kept noticing that the scope wasn't balanced it would swing that way.. which meant that I had to move my Red Dot finder to the left side, all fine except they are now both out of centre and I need to align them again. GRRR So I spent quite a while fiddling trying to achieve focus which I finally achieved on Vega then had to match up the autoguider and dot finder another task as it was all at a funny angle... I got sat down to start playing and was just baffled by the complexity of Starlight's guiding process, as you cannot use their Autoguider with PHD You can the Lodestar just not the Autoguider.. (please please correct me if I'm wrong) so as with the urgency to try the main CCD out I took that off and stuck the Altair Cam back on.. I then popped that HA filter on the camera swung around to IC1805 and took a 600s exposure of a cloud !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :facepalm: went inside and sulked ! now to wait for a clear night to try again. First Light CCD by Steven Whatley, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan the Plumber Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) Guessing you picked up filters then Steven? didn't hear from either you or James yesterday so wasn't sure if you had Try Neb3 think its a good capture software plus it works well with PHD2 if you're having issues starlight software Edited October 5, 2015 by Allan the Plumber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StevenWhatley Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Ah sorry mate I forgot in all the excitement lol yeah I have got the trial to see how I get on with it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan the Plumber Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Any questions been using for about a year now got the basics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Are you sure the guide camera isn't ascom compatiable, if it is you should just be able to choose ascom camera from the phd 2 list, check starlight website to see if there's and updated driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StevenWhatley Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Yeah I have Rob, PHD see the sxv-h9 not the guider, I haven't found much info to be honest on it, I will email them to see what they say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stash Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Thought you had gone a different direction after getting rid of the Atik XXX CCD - PM me when you change again as the SXV-H9 would make a great EAA camera There is a guy on SGL who is a Wiz on Starlight camera's - writes the software called LodestarLive (now Starlight live or something) maybe he can help if you don't get anywhere - he seems to be "close" to Star Express. His ID is Paul81. Good luck with your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StevenWhatley Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I was Clive, but the lure of narrowband was too much to stay away.. Yes you can have first dibs lol !! Great will have a look for him now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) try plugging in the guider first and then adding the SX I guide with a 716 and have to power that first or things don't go well Edited October 5, 2015 by Ibbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stash Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Hi Steven , you are probably all sorted (pics of wiz neb) but I came across this - dont know if you already found this info http://www.daddog.com/ascom/sxcamera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StevenWhatley Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Hi Steven , you are probably all sorted (pics of wiz neb) but I came across this - dont know if you already found this info http://www.daddog.com/ascom/sxcamera Thanks Clive, not sure why I didn't see this post before lol... That's just what I needed now I can run the SXV Guider in PHD :D Now I just need a clear night to test and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stash Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Thanks Clive, not sure why I didn't see this post before lol... That's just what I needed now I can run the SXV Guider in PHD :D Now I just need a clear night to test and play. Dam that means you wont be updating soon Glad it worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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