Hi all I took a photo of M1 last night you can view photo in my album (George Fischer). Exposure was 4X20min. I think I imaged an asteroid under the nebula....
George Do you have any diagrams/images of your autoguiding set-up, cables, connectors, etc? I'm not great at working things out from written descriptions but...
... Eric, I uploaded some pics of my imaging setup into photo album. One frame shows the equipment for auto guiding. A laptop, gpusb adapter, r- 12cable and...
For all of you lx50 owners who are considering autoguiding. Orion telescope is coming out with a autoguiding camera which will plug into your autoguider port....
I want to know what the capibilitys are of autoguiding with the LX50. I have Maxim DL, and I'm considering an SBIG camera with a built in guiding chip. Could I...
I use a LPI for a guide camera. I would guess the guiding chip on a SBIG camera puts out an image comparable to this. Sbig makes a great product but expensive....
Josh, I'm using stark labs software both for guiding and for image aquisition. The guiding software is calles PHD (stands for push here dummy)and is freeware....
Hello Everyone...I'm new to this group and was reading some posts on LX50 autoguiding...I have tried to auto guide with the GPUSB and GPint from Shoestring...
Ronn, Is the cable you are using to connect the GPUSB to the autoguider port on the scope from shoestring. When I first put my GPUSB on my lx-50 It wouldn't...
Ronn, Do you have the ascom platform installed on your lap top? If not it can be downloaded from http://ascom-standards.org/ George ... GPint ... but ... any...
... cables are from Shoestring. My GPUSB and GPINT works with my other scopes...I use the same laptop also. I have clean the autoguide ST4 port but did not...
Hi Ron, I use the GP system with no problems. I did have a problem with dirty connections on the LX50 ST4 port, which a bit of IPA (alcohol cleaner) cured. ...
Mark...I also had put a Dec Fix Kit on mine. I guess the next step is to open up the panel a have a LOOKSEE at the port and contacts. Will post an update when...
Hi Everyone, Those of you who have used the LX50 for astrophotography, how are you guiding? I am evaluating alternative setups now. My first concern is using a...
Hi Ron, Just as a side note. I contacted the folks at Shoestring and they indicated that their GPUSB port interface product should work with the LX50...
Ron, I currently use the GPSUB on my lx50 with no problem. I would definitely suspect the port. George ... their ... step ... (alcohol ... the ... on ... the ...
David, I prefer a guide scope to off axis. Fist you can move the guidescope using the mounting ring screws to use a brighter guide star. With off axis your...
Thanks for your George, I was considering the Orion 80mm. This seems to be an area of debate and I do believe a strong mount is a requirement for the use of a ...
I was always under the impression that you couldn't move the guide scope any off axis from your imaging scope or your guiding would not be accurate. How far...
I know that you can't guide on a guide star to far away from the object you are shooting because of diffraction differences in the atmosphere. I don't go any...
When I bought my scope used it came with the stock meade counterweight on the sliding rail. I drilled and tapped a 1/2" 13pitch thread into the counterweight....
Anybody know where I can get a 6.1 ROM chip? Sometime back someone was going to burn these. I have the 5.1 in my LX50 and autoguiding is not very good. Jay...
Hi all, I just uploaded two photos taken through my 4" f/6 guide scope. Because the main instrument has a much larger F.L. when using the LX50 as a guide scope...
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