Tonight It proved to be able to guide it for as long as 600 seconds...but it's not a limit!!!
Here is a full resolution (bin 1x1) image of a star field (I have not done a plate solve on it...)
that show perfect round stars on all the field of view....
(click for full resolution image)
Collimation is a bit off, focus too....but AO-LF and TDM are doing a beautiful work on my EQ6!!!
It seems that there is no limit on how long the eq6 can track the exposure, all I have to do is a good polar alignment when my optics are getting to temperature....
Good polar alignment it's a breeze using Astrotortilla and its Astrometry.net embedded plate solving engine. Astrotortilla's polar align wizard compute polar alignment error and gives you a measure of how much you have to 'adjust' your mount's azimuth/altitude knobs...
...it's time to get some nice images!!!!.....
It seems that there is no limit on how long the eq6 can track the exposure, all I have to do is a good polar alignment when my optics are getting to temperature....
Good polar alignment it's a breeze using Astrotortilla and its Astrometry.net embedded plate solving engine. Astrotortilla's polar align wizard compute polar alignment error and gives you a measure of how much you have to 'adjust' your mount's azimuth/altitude knobs...
...it's time to get some nice images!!!!.....
