Jan, 2016 i have noticed that phd2 with recent versions, currently using ver 2. Phd vs phd2 discussions software stargazers lounge. Hi istvan, quickly looking at your code, i amnot sure to understand the way your phd guiding interface. Provide the frames that phd would use for guiding 2. Once this happens click stop and the guiding assistant will move your mount to check your backlash. Phd guiding basic use and troubleshooting imaging tips. Phd guiding is designed to be push here dummy simple, yet provide powerful, intelligent autoguiding of your telescope. Phd2 is the enhanced, second generation version of the popular phd guiding software from stark labs. Celestron pwi telescope control software, cpwi ascom and phd2 crash showing 118 of 18 messages. This makes complete sense from the point of view that it can calculate a better centroid using a nonsaturated star. Thats partly because of the price free, but it also happens to be a darn good guiding tool. Celestron pwi telescope control software, cpwi ascom and.
Continuing the discussion from sgp imaging run complete but not. This is not a tutorial on how to use phd2 as there are plenty of. One big problem i have with phd2 is with the returned looping images from the lodestar. However, this seems to be causing a real problem for me, and seems to be very different from earlier versions. Phd2 users can post questions here about troubleshooting guiding problems or problems with phd2. Astrobin is an image hosting website specifically targeted to astrophotographers. It is insisting on using a star that is not saturated. I can usually get pretty good guiding if i baby sit and constantly tweak phd settings but if i let it run for an hour or 2 by itself i usually end up with poor overall guiding like my last outing 1.
This software can also do other useful astrophotography tasks such as drift alignment, which is helpful for those who cannot use polaris for. In a nutshell, run the guiding assistant tools guiding assistant and leave the measure declination backlash box checked. Phd guiding is a free software among the most used for autoguiding since its very easy to use. Dec 18, 2015 i know this was discussed a bit somewhere else on the forum, but i cant seem to find it. Your images should also be free of field rotation distortion in the corners. Phd2 guiding is the successor to phd guiding, which i used for several years before upgrading to phd2. Certainly a wide combination of imaging and guiding cameras and software applications will work.
Dylan odonnell gives an overview of phd2 guiding software, what it is and how to use it properly. Jul 03, 2018 get a value describing the state of phd. You can read about it in detail in the phd2 help file. Phd guiding basic use and troubleshooting blackwater skies. Locate the centroid of a guide star in an image frame from the guide camera 2. The next tip is that you should experiment with the calibration step size and keep notes of. This is an important aspect of deep sky astrophotography because it allows you to focus on capturing successful long exposure images and get the most out of your telescope mount. Often, new features or bug fixes can be found in the prerelease section. For most average, backyard astrophotographers, anything longer than 2 minutes is pushing the limits of scopes and mounts perhaps even pushing 1 minute is a challenge.
Phd guiding, free software for autoguide this entry was posted on 2 february 2015 by filippo bradaschia. I would be happy to share my guiding graphs if anybody is interested in taking a look. Last night i tested a new guiding software program i found on the net. Phd stands for push here dummy, and it very easy to use, once everything is set up properly.
Renaming trunk branchesopenphd1 and bretphd2 trunk. New to astrophotography or an old hand looking for the latest updates on phd guiding. Make sure you choose a star near the center of the field since the backlash measurement will require a very large movement of the star. You need a separate camera and telescope to do guiding while imaging, or an offaxis guider to use the same telescope with both your main camera and your guiding camera. Phd guiding phd guiding is designed to be push here dummy simple, yet provide powerful, intelligent autoguiding of your telescope for both pcs and macs. Question about phd2 guiding with celestron avx mount my personal opinion is that if you dont use your pc to control the mount already, the easiest way to guide is to connect the st4 cable looks like a phone cable from the camera to the autoguide port on the mount. Connect your mount, your camera, select a star, and start guiding.
Open phd guiding welcome to the discussion forum for open phd guiding phd2, a telescope guiding software application for astrophotographers. Phd2 log viewer is a tool for quickly visualizing your guiding performance and spotting problems in your phd2 guide log. Mar 05, 2018 get excellent guiding with phd2 what is phd guiding, how to use phd2 for autoguiding part1 duration. Phd2 is telescope guiding software that simplifies the process of tracking a guide star, letting you concentrate on other aspects of deepsky imaging or. Socketserverinterface openphdguidingphd2 wiki github. Phd2 is guiding software inspired by stark labs phd guiding. Phd guiding, free software for autoguide astronomy academy. I said this article was mainly aimed at people experienced with phd, but that doesnt mean you shouldnt start out with phd2 instead of. To have successful ra only guiding, a mount must be accurately polar aligned. Celestron pwi telescope control software, cpwi ascom and phd2 crash.
But even if it came with excellent documentation it does not, there would still be a need to. I recently bought an orion starshoot autoguider pro mono astrophotography camera, i have yet to get any clear night to try it our but have loaded all the recommended software and played with it for a bit. Readmephd2 do not hardcode phd2 version number in inno. The results are in from the 2007 astrophoto insight survey run by skyinsight and in the category of guiding software, there was a standout winner phd guiding. Nevertheless, there is a limit, and conditions play a role. Contribute to openphdguidingphd2 development by creating an account on github.
Dylan odonnell is an australian web developer, director of dna digital and zen10 australia and public science communicator. Phd guiding software rosliston astronomy group blog. One of the fastest although by no means the cheapest ways to polar align is using a polemaster from qhyccd. Phd guiding, software gratuito per lautoguida astronomia. If you are still within the 4x pixel scale rule of thumb, you will probably be ok.
Celestron pwi telescope control software, cpwi ascom and phd2. The guiding test i did with it passed with flying colors. Some images view more ic 342 brian peck ngc 891 brian peck horsehead nebula brian peck m74 brian peck m45 the pleiades brian peck. Jun 03, 2017 ive received a lot of requests from people that have asked if i could show what my settings are in the phd2 auto guiding software.
Phd guiding phd guiding is designed to be push here dummy simple, yet provide powerful, intelligent auto guiding of your telescope for both pcs and macs. Phd guiding from stark labs has to be the most popular guiding software in use today. Scroll the list of programs until you locate phd guiding 1. Make sure to apply darks to avoid hot pixel selection. Get excellent guiding with phd2 what is phd guiding, how to use phd2 for autoguiding part1 duration. Calculate how far the centroid is in the x and commands that work correctly in firmware 2. I have noticed that phd2 with recent versions, currently using ver 2. Ubuntu packages are available in patrick chevalleys phd2 ppa on launchpad for other distros you can build from source. I am curious how one uses planetarium software with the autoguider. This increases sn by binning pixels in software at the cost of reduced guiding accuracy.
Once polar aligned accurately and with a few synced alignment points, your mount gotos will work better, targets wont drift out of frame, youll be able to take short exposures without guiding, and very long exposures with guiding. The next tip is that you should experiment with the calibration step size and keep notes of what works for each declination. Autoguiding a telescope for deep sky astrophotography. Phd2 is a telescope autoguiding software that automates the process of tracking a guide star.
This is an important aspect of deep sky astrophotography because. Phd2 guiding phd autoguider software phd autoguider software by phd2 guiding. The image on the left is an actual crop from one of my images. The gt71 was fitted with a wo field flattener 6a2 creating an effective focal length of 336 mm, with a focal ratio of f4. Aug 19, 2018 for most average, backyard astrophotographers, anything longer than 2 minutes is pushing the limits of scopes and mounts perhaps even pushing 1 minute is a challenge. As long as you are using a dsi camera and envisage software for the guiding system, most of what follows should be relevant and easily adapted for your particular circumstance. Easy upgradecoinstallation with phd1, including many new features. Once the backlash measurement if complete phd will adjust your dec backlash as well as make recommendations for adjusting your minmo numbers. Several people were complaining that their canon and nikons for byen cameras werent connecting, that phd2 guiding wouldnt work, and that the orion star shoot autoguider wasnt being recognized at all after the operating system was upgraded to windows 10. In questo tutorial spiegheremo come impostare questo software utilizzando una camera atik titan ma gli stessi passaggi possono essere fatti anche utilizzando altre camere di autoguida. Sep 01, 2018 fortunately guiding software such as phd2 can be used to overcome this. Phd guiding is open source in both the v1 version here and in the new v2. Ubuntu packages are available in patrick chevalleys phd2 ppa. This is where auto guiding comes in, and for this we can use the excellent free software, phd2.
Phd2 for mac, phd2 is telescope guiding software for mac. Just select your star and hit phd guide and let the software take care of it. If you are using the mount just for visual astronomy then phd guiding is overkill. We also welcome ideas and suggestions for improving phd2, and discussions about phd2 development. Sophisticated guiding and analysis tools for experienced users extensive support for commonlyused equipment. He has a masters of information technology and his astrophotography been featured by nasa and esa among others. Check also that the calibration step on the guiding window is high, i use a value of 950 ms.
I have the slit in dec btw so ra keeps it on the slit. After successfully managing to get guiding working earlier this week, i decided to write an outline of the process for mainly my own reference so that next time i would know what to do. I know this was discussed a bit somewhere else on the forum, but i cant seem to find it. Phd guiding, by stark labs, is the kind of software ive been hoping someone would write. Why is phd2 tracking on the faintest star it can find.
That said, phd2 is the new king of guiding software and makes the process as easy as it can be. Our antivirus scan shows that this download is malware free. Beginners guide to setting up your losmandy equatorial. Dear all, when guiding my c11 on my losmandy g11 with phd2 sometimes i get a ra osc of 0. Question about phd2 guiding with celestron avx mount. Autoguiding a telescope for deep sky astrophotography basic. Apt cant get feedback from phd when the guiding is started, so give some time the guiding to start and settle. For phd when guiding is starting a new guiding star will be auto selected. We tested the performance of ph2 guiding with the star adventurer using a william optics gt71 apo refractor.
Ive received a lot of requests from people that have asked if i could show what my settings are in the phd2 autoguiding software. Tell phd when and how to guide based on the frames provided i expect dithering will happen between the actual light frames, based on the phd guiding and wait for phd settings. Getting started with phd2 guiding setup, troubleshooting. Phd2 is telescope guiding software that simplifies the process of tracking a guide star, letting you concentrate on other aspects of deepsky imaging or spectroscopy. From the looks of your diffraction spikes, it jumps perfectly. The imaging camera used was the one shot colour cmos asi 294 mc pro. This is an important aspect of deep sky astrophotography because it allows you to focus on capturing successful long exposure images and get the most out of your telescope mount phd2 is easy enough for a beginner to use right away, yet also includes sophisticated. By using autoguiding software such as phd2 guiding, our computer can communicate with the telescope mount.
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