SIMPLE Guiding Tutorial For Astrophotography (STEP BY STEP Beginners Guide)

Here's a beginners astrophotography tutorial on autoguiding. Autoguider can take astrophotography on a whole new level.
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[@AstroOnbudget]

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[@anabella.a5]

Muy sencilla tu explicación, el anterior video que explica sobre este tema tiene una duración de al menos 30 minutos y no soy muy amigable a videos tan largos. Hoy haré la primera prueba con el guiado, ojalá dé buenos resultados. Un saludo desde Argentina! 😊

[@woody5109]

Levelling the tripod isn’t that important, remember your tracking in two axis so as long as your polar alignment is bang on, levelling doesn’t really play into it, just saying. Try it out one night.

[@michakubisz535]

I found leveling very important when using a one-axis star tracker with only RA guiding. With 2-axis guiding, it might not be as important, but still, it's worth leveling your setup to avoid any stability issues during the whole night session, especially when using light portable tripod.

[@Frank-708]

Thanks for the video! Very easy to follow

[@AstroOnbudget]

Thanks Frank

[@Philobr]

I'm starting guiding this week so this was really useful thanks

[@AstroOnbudget]

Glad you found this helpful :) Good luck with guiding. What is your setup?

[@Philobr]

@@AstroOnbudget Skywatcher 150pds on a eqm35pro, Canon 100d, then I got a present of a SVBony SV905C guiding camera and SV165 guide scope.

[@tullyfisher]

Thta's a great, short and informative guiding tutorial. And since I'm also using N.I.N.A. I liked the link there. - Great stuff.

[@AstroOnbudget]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AstroRef68]

Very helpful tutorial I have a beginner question How you connect the cables I see a port to my scope that says auto guiding

[@hurita9483]

very helpful. thanks

[@AstroOnbudget]

Thank you ☺️

[@refetastro]

I love your videos they are so friendly use

[@AstroOnbudget]

Glad you like them!

[@jonrobinson1026]

So, I've got my eq5 mount and refractor set up. Do I find my desired target (eg Orion first) and then set up the guide scope via PHD 2 to a nearby star? Confused. Many thanks

[@rimantasri4578]

As of my understanding, different ambient temperatures require different darks frames. Does this single darks library suit all the temperatures, or do I need to retake the darks on let's say colder nights?

[@rdiazmartin]

When you want to frame a new object and you stop your previous guiding do you have to disconnect your mount from PHD2 and connect It to NINA or they can both remain connected at the same time?

[@ironsimonx4221]

How do I know if this setup (Zwo ASI 120 mini + Svbony SV 165 guidescope) is also workling with my telescope? Is the setup working with every telescope?

[@PavanKumar-uu4kd]

My camera is not detected in phd2 or asicap, I can see it in device manager, I’ve downloaded ZWO asi camera driver too, please somebody help me

[@georgepistikoudis]

Great video about auto guiding with PHD2. Do you think I could plate solve using my planetary camera ASI 224MC with a small guide scope like the one you show? I want to use the three points polar alignment from NINA which works using ASTAP plate solve.

[@AstroOnbudget]

Yeah I don't see why not. As long as you tell NINA your effective focal length so that Nina can send correct commands to Astap.

[@vcotta2012]

My camera and mount are not being read by phd2! What's going on??

[@stussy1100]

As always another great video thank you keep them coming !!! :)

[@AstroOnbudget]

Thank you

[@mi8178]

Can you provide the wiring diagram of the cable you name ASCOM Cable? It is not obvious how you make the connection between the mount and the computer

[@AstroOnbudget]

Oh man I wish I could. I could tell you the cable I use: "Lynx Astro FTDI EQDIR USB Adapter for Sky-Watcher"

[@jonrobinson1026]

Are you using a DSLR or astro camera? Thanks

[@vcotta2012]

The mount needs to be connected to what?? You don't specify that.

[@gregpronger5636]

So, I have a Celestron Nextstar 5se with a focal length of 1250mm. I understand that the focal length of the guider should be between 1/4 and 1/3 of the main scope. If this is correct, then I'm needing a guider 312mm - 420mm; is this correct?

[@AstroOnbudget]

Hey Greg, That sounds right. Although personally I'd be worried more about pixel scale than matching FL when it comes to guiding. Pixel scale is determined by FL and camera pixel size. What camera have you got? Try this formula: 0.2 x Guide Pixel Size(microns) x Imager Focal Length (mm)/ Divided by Imager Pixel Size (microns) So for me 0.2×3.75×714/5.2 = 102mm (ideal focal length) You want to make sure you are approx near that figure.

[@gregpronger5636]

@@AstroOnbudget I am using a Nikon D3500 which has 3.92uM pixels. So, if I had your guide scope camera, I'd calculate: 0.2 X 3.75 X 1250 /3.92 => 240mm finderscope. That seem correct? Any thought towards color vs B/W finder camera?

[@AstroOnbudget]

@@gregpronger5636 yes that sounds right. I'd go for mono because it's much more sensitive than colour.

[@refetastro]

Can you have scope connect to hand controller or we have to be connected to pc?

[@AstroOnbudget]

There are two ways of connecting to the mount: (1) Hand Controller and (2) EQMOD cable to computer. For astrophotography the second method is recommended.

[@JohdagM]

I’m guessing this is only valid with an equatorial mount and not an AZ GoTo. Nice channel! You got 1 more sub.

[@AstroOnbudget]

Thanks Joel. Yes you are right, this assumes that one has EQ mount. What mount do you have?

[@JohdagM]

@@AstroOnbudget unfortunately, an AZ GoTo; but this is just the beginning. Hopefully I’ll be able to learn a lot before I get more advanced gear. Thank you!

[@RayPaganJr]

I’m looking more for an astrophotography for the dumbest. Even then I’d had to study it over and over. Great video. Subscribed and liked.

[@TeamGamingSWE]

Interesting. I just set up guiding and noticed I have to connect the guide camera to the mount. Is that necessary or is it enough to have the guide camera to PC then PC to Mount.

[@AstroOnbudget]

There is a better way to do it. Experienced astrophotographers suggest that we don't connect guide scope to the mount. Instead we go via computer. Apparently using ST4 cable is slow and can cause confusion with PHD2

[@Tony-sq4je]

So how does it tell the scope what corrections to make?

[@AstroOnbudget]

Guiding camera talks to the computer and the computer tells the mount :)

[@captaincook6666]

Great video. Subbed. I am keen to try guiding. Can I ask about mount connection. Is this camera to mount or camera to PC?

[@AstroOnbudget]

Hey mate, It's camera to PC connection. It's not really recommend to use camera to mount connection because it causes unnecessary delay. So essentially my PC is connected to the mount via Eqmod cable and then the wire from the back of the camera is connected to PC. Hope this makes sense ;)

[@captaincook6666]

@@AstroOnbudget great thank you. If your main image camera is dedicated astro camera you need 2 usbs in laptop?

[@AstroOnbudget]

@@captaincook6666 ideally you should have at least 3. One for Dedicated Cam, second one for guiding cam, third one for the mount. You can buy a good USB hub off Amazon that would do the job.

[@captaincook6666]

@@AstroOnbudget thank you mate. Quick and useful. Look forward to more videos.

[@AstroOnbudget]

@@captaincook6666 Cheers :)

[@royzview6254]

Obtaining perfection has pushed my Astro hobby bill to over £5,000! I don't even have an good Astro camera (another 2 and a half thousand) just a DSLR!!!!.........Well, your along time dead!