There's a
new thread over on cloudy nights
on how a user wrote their own capture and guiding program that does all guiding through the primary imager with no guide scope or OAG/ONAG.
It's extremely clever and seems like the future of CMOS capture should go down this route.
It works by capturing a frame every 5 seconds, sends a guide command, measures FWHM, and chooses to keep or discard the image based on quality of the FWHM, after it has captured 10 minutes worth of 5 second exposures that meet the quality requirements, it automatically creates a stacked image, for a single 10 minute exposure.
This type of system simplifies setup and capturing, and ensures a high degree of accuracy only found with very high end imaging systems. Would be interesting to see a modified version of EKOS that operates like this.
It's extremely clever and seems like the future of CMOS capture should go down this route.
It works by capturing a frame every 5 seconds, sends a guide command, measures FWHM, and chooses to keep or discard the image based on quality of the FWHM, after it has captured 10 minutes worth of 5 second exposures that meet the quality requirements, it automatically creates a stacked image, for a single 10 minute exposure.
This type of system simplifies setup and capturing, and ensures a high degree of accuracy only found with very high end imaging systems. Would be interesting to see a modified version of EKOS that operates like this.