Hi All,

Sometimes if the automatically selected guide star isn't within approximately 1 pixel of the guider starting no corrections are made to bring it back into the centre.

I am using MaximDL v4.51 using MicroGuide with a PME. Min corrections are .2 with max being 2.

After reacquiring everything works fine.

Any ideas?

---- LOG FILE ----

01:39:43 Guider running
01:39:50 Guide Error X: 0.9, Y: 1.5
01:39:57 Guide Error X: 1.1, Y: 0.5
01:40:03 Guide Error X: 0.8, Y: 0.6
01:40:10 Guide Error X: 0.9, Y: 0.5
01:40:18 Guide Error X: 1.0, Y: 0.5
01:40:24 Guide Error X: 1.0, Y: 0.4
01:40:31 Guide Error X: 1.0, Y: 0.4
01:40:38 Guide Error X: 1.1, Y: 0.3
01:40:45 Guide Error X: 1.3, Y: 0.3
01:40:51 Guide Error X: 1.3, Y: 0.2
01:40:58 Guide Error X: 1.2, Y: 0.1
01:41:05 Guide Error X: 1.4, Y: 0.0
01:41:12 Guide Error X: 1.3, Y: 0.0
01:41:19 Guide Error X: 1.3, Y: 0.1
01:41:26 Guide Error X: 1.0, Y: 0.1
01:41:33 Guide Error X: 1.2, Y: 0.2
01:41:40 Guide Error X: 1.5, Y: 0.1
01:41:46 Guide Error X: 1.4, Y: 0.2
01:41:53 Guide Error X: 1.2, Y: 0.0
01:42:00 Guide Error X: 1.5, Y: 0.0
01:42:00 Guider stopped.
01:42:00 Try 1 to reacquire guide star...
01:42:00 Slewing scope...
01:42:02 Slewed to RA: 10 45 19.4, Dec: -59 42 42
01:42:02 Mount settling for 3 sec. after slew.
01:42:05 Plate solving...
01:42:05 Telescope RA: 10 45 19.4, Dec: -59 42 42
01:42:22 D:\CCDAutoPilot3\060212_Key Hole Nebula\..\CCDAutoPilot_SyncImages\SyncImage_Key Hole Nebula_014222.fit
01:42:24 Solved RA: 10 44 06.0, Dec: -59 39 30
01:42:24 Slewing scope...
01:42:25 Slewed to RA: 10 46 18.4, Dec: -59 43 58
01:42:25 Mount settling for 3 sec. after slew.
01:42:34 Guider running
01:42:34 Guider x: 218.4, y: 126.0
01:42:41 Guide Error X: 0.2, Y: 0.1
01:42:41 Altitude: 67 deg.
01:42:41 Exposing...
.......
01:45:28 Guider running
01:45:35 Guide Error X: 1.8, Y: 6.1
01:45:42 Guide Error X: 1.8, Y: 6.3
01:45:48 Guide Error X: 1.9, Y: 6.0
01:45:55 Guide Error X: 1.8, Y: 6.2
01:46:03 Guide Error X: 1.9, Y: 6.3
01:46:09 Guide Error X: 1.7, Y: 6.3
01:46:16 Guide Error X: 1.8, Y: 6.3
01:46:23 Guide Error X: 1.7, Y: 6.2
01:46:31 Guide Error X: 1.8, Y: 6.5
01:46:37 Guide Error X: 2.0, Y: 6.5
01:46:44 Guide Error X: 1.9, Y: 6.8
01:46:51 Guide Error X: 1.9, Y: 6.5
01:46:58 Guide Error X: 1.9, Y: 6.7
01:47:05 Guide Error X: 2.0, Y: 6.8
01:47:11 Guide Error X: 2.0, Y: 7.0
01:47:18 Guide Error X: 2.0, Y: 7.0
01:47:25 Guide Error X: 2.0, Y: 7.0
01:47:32 Guide Error X: 1.9, Y: 6.9
01:47:39 Guide Error X: 1.7, Y: 7.0
01:47:46 Guide Error X: 1.7, Y: 7.2
01:47:47 Guider stopped.
01:47:47 Try 1 to reacquire guide star...
.....
01:51:32 Guider running
01:51:38 Guide Error X: 1.1, Y: 4.3
01:51:45 Guide Error X: 1.2, Y: 5.5
01:51:52 Guide Error X: 1.4, Y: 5.5
01:51:59 Guide Error X: 1.0, Y: 5.8
01:52:06 Guide Error X: 1.6, Y: 5.6
01:52:13 Guide Error X: 1.5, Y: 5.7
01:52:20 Guide Error X: 1.2, Y: 5.7
01:52:27 Guide Error X: 1.2, Y: 5.7
01:52:33 Guide Error X: 1.0, Y: 5.8
01:52:40 Guide Error X: 1.0, Y: 5.9
01:52:47 Guide Error X: 0.8, Y: 6.1
01:52:54 Guide Error X: 0.8, Y: 5.9
01:53:01 Guide Error X: 1.1, Y: 6.3
01:53:07 Guide Error X: 1.1, Y: 6.0
01:53:14 Guide Error X: 1.1, Y: 6.2
01:53:21 Guide Error X: 1.2, Y: 6.4
01:53:28 Guide Error X: 1.0, Y: 6.3
01:53:35 Guide Error X: 0.9, Y: 6.3
01:53:41 Guide Error X: 0.9, Y: 6.1
01:53:48 Guide Error X: 1.0, Y: 6.4
01:53:48 Guider stopped.
01:53:48 Try 1 to reacquire guide star...
.....

Thanks,
Brad Moore

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Brad Moore,

CCDAutoPilot3 doesn't support MicroGuide as there is no automation access to it in Maxim.

If you wish to use microslews for guiding, I suggest you use CCDSoft with DirectGuide.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: John Smith,