

Reasonably well, various planetarium applications can move them withoutĬomplaint, and they look and feel well-made.

Scope and mount apparently slew well enough, they seem to track the sky Tested or measured at this level of accuracy even by the manufacturers.īeginners are often in denial about mechanical problems because Until you have tried guiding, your equipment setup has probably Microns - as a comparison, a human hair is about 50 microns thick. Modern guideĬameras are capable of measuring movement on scales of just a few Incredible level of accuracy required for guiding. Guiding software is often the messenger of bad news because of the Longer work - that is the nature of hardware. Something that worked fine just last week or even last night may no Mechanical problems won't simply go away.Įven if they temporarily subside, they will inevitably come back to bite you. Identify, and understand them before trying to fix them or Probably dealing with operational mistakes or mechanicalīe confronted with mechanical problems, it is important to isolate, Out-of-the-box if the equipment behaves and if you don't, you are New-profile-wizard, so they are already adjusted for your setup. The default guiding parametersĬalculated by PHD2 reflect the parameters you entered in the Wildly change the PHD2 guiding parameters in a futile attempt toĬorrect for mechanical problems that exist in your setup. Project, have wildly variable quality, often reflecting misunderstandings and sometimes producing a witches'īrew of good and bad advice - so be careful what you watch. YouTube videos, unless done by someone close to the PHD2 Practices" document, and using the 'search' tools on the PHD2 supportįorum. PHD2 web site (or in this built-in Help), following the steps described in the "Best Mistakes can be avoided by carefully studying the documentation on the Important to remember this when you encounter difficulties and can't 2) Mechanical problems with the mount or the physical equipment riding on the mount
