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OPERATING UNDER THE NIGHT SKY
GUIDING
EXP 300
BRI 25
GR 220
DG 180
DR -0.39
DD 0.25
RA+ Dec-
A crosshair is
displayed for you to
monitor the effects
of autoguiding. The
center of the cross
is the position of
the guide star when
guiding is activated.
Exposure time
The drift in R.A. and Dec. in pixels
Indication that the SynGuider is
sending RA+/RA- or Dec+/Dec-
signals via the autoguider port.
R.A. and Dec. guiding
agressiveness in mS/Pixel
Operations
The guiding agressiveness of RA or Dec axis can be adjusted with the direction buttons on the
hand control. Use the RIGHT/LEFT buttons to increase/decrease the RA aggressiveness and the
UP/DOWN buttons to increase/decrease the Dec agressiveness. If the SynGuider losses the
guide-star during autoguiding, it will wait until the star re-appears, or user can press the ESC
button to return to PREVIEW mode.
Suspend Autoguiding
Use menu GUIDE/STOP to stop autoguiding. The exposure on the photographic camera should
be stopped before suspending autoguiding.
The following diagram is what you will see in the GUIDING mode.
Brightness of the star
