Hi
I have received my Avalon M UNO Mount since a few weeks and I started to use it.
So far with PHD2 guiding soft, my autoguiding RMS total error on AD and DEC is between 0.8" and 1.1 " and I am a bit disappointed as I was expecting something around 0.3 /0.5" arc seconds.
THe night was quite good and I followed all steps to proper balance the mount on the 2 axes with my Newton Sharpstar 200/640mm (around 16kg total weight)
I am using parallel guiding (direct ascom guiding and not ST4) with a 50ED guide scope at 242mm with an ASI178MM camera, and I put the recommended settings that you recommend for PHD2 guiding ...so between 1 second exposure and 1.5second, Lowpass2 algorithms on both axes, 90% agressiveness, and 0 min move on both axes...
so my questions :
- what are the average value users are getting as total rms error with M UNO Mounts ?
- is there somewhere an issue with my mount ? (to be tuned or whatever....°
- do you recommend ST4 or direct ascom guiding ? ( I prefer ascom as generally it gives better results with usual mounts)
- what kind of recommendations could you provide for this kind of mount to improve the guiding ?
- what about auto adjust tracking in avalon stargo setup ?
- do you think, I have missed something ? ( I am quite confident in my installation and my PHD2 settings (calibration, settings etc....) as I am not a beginner in that part...
As I would like to put a RC10 with longer focale (1500 to 2000mm), I really expect more from that M UNO mount in terms of quality of guiding....(let's say atound 0.5 arc seconds or less).
Of course, I can provide more details about my results and settings. I plan to install my RC10 and see how the mount is working...
But I would greatly apprciate your help and support....
Thanks a lot for your help and reply.
Skybob35