Ioptron Star Gidet Pro - dithering?

[jerrycossey]

What happens if you try to dither with BYE and the SGP?  The SGP does not have declination motors.....it only tracks in RA.

Will BYE still dither, but just the RA axis?

Any info will be helpful.

[astroman133]

I could find no information about that product. Do you mean the iOptron SkyGuider Pro?

BYE and BYN support interfacing with multiple autoguiding applications (PHD2, MetaGuide, and MGen) as dither providers. It also supports direct dithering via ASCOM. Is your camera mount supported by any of the applications that BYE and BYN use? Or is there an ASCOM driver for it? If so, then it may stand a chance of working, but the mount cannot be controlled in Dec, then it could not hope to adjust for polar misalignment, which would manifest in trailing in parallel to the declination direction.

[jerrycossey]

Yes I meant Skyguider Pro.  I am using PHD2 with a guide scope and that works (depending. On how well I do the polar alignment).

I understand I don't have ant automation declination control.  My question is with dithering the RA axis.  Will BYE simply ignore the Dec adjustments and only dither the RA axis?

Thanks.

[astroman133]

If you are using PHD2 as your dither provider, it is PHD2 that is doing the dithering. BYE is just telling PHD2 to start dithering and waiting until the dithering is complete before starting the next exposure. If you have configured PHD2 to not autoguide or dither in Dec, then it should work just fine.

[jerrycossey]

Thanks Astroman for the info.

I'm eager to try dithering......if only the clouds will cooperate !