From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: July 6, 2007 11:28:18 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] autoguiding software

Why would you not use Astro IIDC 3 for guiding?

If you have a ST-4 type guide port on your mount, pick up a GPUSB

and you should be fine for interface and control.

And don't forget that if you need more light gathering, you can use 2x2 or 4x4 binning to guide off fainter stars too.

HTH..

Milton J. Aupperle

On 6-Jul-07, at 10:45 PM, centurion40tim wrote:

It's been a while since I've used my AstroIIDC. - Became obsessed with shooting DSOs and

bought a meade DSI. I was forced to buy an old PC to run it (aaarghh painful). Good

success but all unguided and I am ready to make the jump.

I want to use my Unibrain webcam and my mac to guide. Is there any cheap autoguiding

software out there for my mac? (g-3 imac 500 mhz 512 ram 10.3). The webcam should be

great but I need to send guide commands to my CG-5 mount.

Celestron 9.25 ASGT- has autoguide port/ unibrain webcam/ ASTROIIDC/ DSI color for

main imager - probably/

Orion 80mm short tube enroute as guidescope

thanks for any comments

TimH in Arizona