Open PHD Guiding

perfect I can't really comment on polar alignment but based on your description, it sounds like

Adding a little more information... Segment 6 leading up to flip, guiding was RA 0.56" / Dec

Hi Brian, thank you very much for this detailed analysis! I will run the Guiding Assistant for at

Hello: I am new to astrophotography and guiding and having trouble getting my mount to track

Okay thank you...I will read through the guide! Everything worked well again last night!! On Fri, Mar

Alas it was hot again tonight (still winter?), thanks to Exxonmobil, Shell, Texaco et al and guiding

Just disable the feature. I don't know why you would want to fiddle around with the mechanics any

Well, I hope it helps, I certainly haven't given you a definitive explanation of the problem yet.

Don, Just my $0.02: I would like to encourage you to read the different PHD2 docs, they are really

I don't think this makes any sense for a number of reasons: 1. We don't do modal dialogs in

Tim Generally periodic error correction can be handled either by the 1. mount, 2. by phd, or 3. both.

Great - let us know how it goes, send the logs when you do this On Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 12:55 PM

Hi Philippe, We are happy to assist you. While the problems we discussed began with your observations

Thanks Bruce, you confirm what I most probably triggered and I will standardized the connection

I realize this is irritating but it doesn't seem critical - you had a total of 3 camera

You don't need to check your settings regarding the rotator - it was absolutely connected to PHD2

Hello, I did, but they were unable to help me, they didn't give any explanation when I asked them

Thank you very much, Bruce. The mount was purchased last January, so I will contact the distributor

I just ran NINA's 3 Point Polar Alignment. Interestingly, it found the error of about a degree (-

I would treat high frequency RMS as more of a guideline - this is an approximate measurement of your

Chris here are a few screenshots, hopefully they are helpful - you can ignore the variable exposure

I found it in the NINA Plugins = PlateSolvePlus Will test it these days. Now we need a Plugin in

" the guide speed simply reflects the setting at 50% of the sidereal rate." Adreed, the

Ross Are you looking for feedback on your comments? You mentioned some new details there, 4"/pix

https://openphdguiding.org/logs/dl/PHD2_logs_UMpc.zip I have uploaded the logs here , The initial

Thank you Bruce! As I said, this is a niche need, so... I'll take a look at the simulators. You

Flexure compensation sounds like the culprit. It adjusts the tracking rate Brian Brian Valente

That makes sense: the safety monitor's reported unsafe condition is separate from the roof (ie,

Yes, your dark library should be fine and will cover the full range of the exposure times you want.

with 3 scopes, we now have 3 RB Focus panels and we've discovered that the RB Focus Ascom driver