The qhy5lii and qhy5iii174 are very sensitive video cameras that are wellsuited to guiding and collimation with metaguide. Selecting a guide scope and autoguiding camera for. So, i have a neq6 pro and an st80 guide scope with a qhy5 ii guide camera. Standard equipment make sure that the following items are included in. This powerful but compact camera provides both monochrome planetary imaging and autoguiding abilities in one. This way you can capture brilliant videos and images with software included in the price of the planets, moon and sun. If the camera is one of the self guiding models with a builtin guide camera, then the imaging app controlling the imaging chip will need to provide access to the guide camera. Metaguide also autoguides and has several novel features that allow optimal guiding of midrange mounts under typical seeing conditions. My choice of equipment and software to do off axis guiding on comets. Phd guiding, ayuda configuracion con monturas y problemas. Portions of this text are lifted directly and without shame but with permission from notes created by neil heacock. Please secure them to the camera or guidescope, allowing a little slack. The qhy5 ii improves on the original qhy5 for guiding and planetary imaging applications. Which software are you using under linux for indi forum.
You can use any software support wdm camera to get it. Low weight and compact size makes the new qhy5ii the ideal guide camera with useful planetary imaging capability. In the event of a crash you need to disconnectreconnect to do a fresh upload. Adjust the exposure time and adjust the focus and find a star. Although they have small pixels, they are sensitive and have low read noise, making them good for guiding with a small guidescope or offaxis guider. After the success of qhy5 guiding camera20062012, qhyccd released the new generation guideplanetary camera qhy5lii. Metaguide is a videobased tool for precise collimation using the infocus diffraction pattern of a star. Unlike the older camera the qhy5ii has reduced banding and improved high fps performance. Donations to help support phd guiding and its development are certainly appreciated. Metaguide can provide insight into both the optics of your telescope, and the tracking behavior of your. Kstars is free, open source, crossplatform astronomy software. These cameras advance the data transfer speed all the way to the maximum usb 2.
I only had to make adjustments to the view for my guider i use an older meade dsiwhich was producing a lot of noise just turned down the gain value. Low weight, compact size and economic pricing makes the qhy5 ii mono the ideal guide camera with useful planetary imaging capabilities. Qhy5ii play with the software part 2 manualcontext. Calibration takes around 5 6 minutes and then guiding begins. Since none of the qhy5 drivers on the qhy website were recognized by phd2 he told me to 1 install the install the qhy5 native wdm 1. Qhy5ii mono planetary guide camera qhy cameras polemasters qhy5ii mono planetary guide camera dave says. You can do a lot with that but only with a focal reducer in place. Phd guiding is designed to be push here dummy simple, yet provide powerful, intelligent autoguiding of your telescope for both pcs. Idea for guiding qhy5 ii mono qe qhy5l ii very high qe74% for mono no fpn noise no random horizontal noise ccd alike image quality. I always use the auto select guide star option to let the software determine the best guide star. Phd2 is the second generation of craig starks original phd application. The camera is also supported by phd, metaguide, firecapture, sharpcap and software using the ascom platform. Jun 03, 2017 ive received a lot of requests from people that have asked if i could show what my settings are in the phd2 auto guiding software. With these advantages, the qhy5lii produces outstanding image quality for planetary imaging, guiding, deep sky imaging or when using in conjunction with a wide angle lens as an all sky camera.
The qhy5lii colour camera kit is an advanced cmos camera system used mainly for planetary imaging applications, which can also be used for autoguiding and basic deep sky imaging as well as video astronomy electronic observing all with the software provided. The mt9m001 has been around for awhile now and as a mono camera is the choice for many wanting a more sensitive guide camera than the colour version, and is also ideal for solar imaging too. Some cameras come with proprietary guide software, but many imagers use the open source and free phd or phd2 application as the guiding software. When the software asks you for what camera you have, use the wdm webcam profile from the dropdown menu in phd2. The only app we know of with this capability is sequence generator pro which exposes the internal guide camera to phd2 as an ascom camera. Linguider is an astronomical autoguiding program for linux. Phd2 is a telescope autoguiding software that automates the process of tracking a guide star. Qhy5 color cmos camera user manual congratulations on your new qhyccd series. Phd2 is free of cost, open source, and communitydeveloped and supported. Phd guide software will begin to calibration and guide. Close to icx618 camera hdr support for 120db dynamic range lunar and planetary imaging all sky camera entry level deep sky imaging electric view finder qhy5liim qe qhy5liic qe. Qhy5 software abc course 11 11guiding by using qhy5 in maximdl 12guiding by using qhy5 in phd15 qhy5 guiding port definition16. Qhy5ii mono planetary imaging guide camera rother valley.
After the success of qhy5 guiding camera20062012, qhyccd released the new generation guideplanetary camera qhy5l ii. Qhy5lii monochrome planetaryguide camera rother valley. Low weight, compact size and economic pricing makes the qhy5ii mono the ideal guide camera with useful planetary imaging capabilities. Onboard st4 optoisolated guide port and powered by the usb2 bus. Slew to a target and fire up phd, select a guide star and start calibration.
Idea for guiding qhy5ii mono qe qhy5lii very high qe74% for mono no fpn noise no random horizontal noise ccd alike image quality. I would still be using my sony a580 dslr for the imaging for the time being. Select ascomlater camera the ascom camera chooser window will appear. Switch to phd2, same target same guide star, begin calibration. There is a button to take the dark frames and a prompt to put the lens cap on the scope. You can also run multiple softwares to get the streaming without problem. The qhy5 ii mono camera is all you need for basic guiding and planetary imaging and has reduced banding compared to the original qhy5.
Can be used as a basic lunar or planetary imager with the supplied software, and even for experiments in deep sky imaging. Mono sensor has 74% high qe and it is very sensitivity for the light. Tracking guiding errors will be significantly reduced. The qhy5ii improves on the original qhy5 for guiding and planetary imaging applications. Phd vs phd2 discussions software stargazers lounge. Because qhy5ii works close to the max limit of usb2. Qhy recently started doing separate drivers for guiding and imaging. Ive received a lot of requests from people that have asked if i could show what my settings are in the phd2 autoguiding software. The qhy5 ii m houses a inch aptina mt9m034 sensor is a 1. The results are in from the 2007 astrophoto insight survey run by skyinsight and in the category of guiding software, there was a standout winner phd guiding. The qhy5l ii and qhy5iii174 are very sensitive video cameras that are wellsuited to guiding and collimation with metaguide. Make sure this fits by entering your model number if you want a tiny camera for both planetary and autoguiding. You can use the onboard st4 port oncamera method to connect to any compatible mount using an st4 autoguide cable, or you can use other methods of guiding including ascom, gpusb and gpint.
The qhy5lii mono camera is the perfect camera for every astrophoto setup. Ive received a lot of requests from people that have asked if i could show what my settings are in the phd2 auto guiding software. While nebulosity itself is fully crossplatform, many of the camera drivers required for image capture are not. Phd2 is guiding software inspired by stark labs phd guiding. Buildingphd2onlinux openphdguidingphd2 wiki github. Comets and asteroids are sometime fast moving objects relative to stars and then its tricky to take sharp photos of them. Qhy5 camera, phd2 and windows 8 problem ccdcmos astro. Qhy5liim mono high sensitivity cmos guide planetary camera. I downloaded the latest drivers from the qhy site and install your test build. Protect against wild minmove calcs in ga due to ortho error. Software the qhy5ii works with phd guiding it connects via the ascom camera option, then select cmos qhy5ii camera. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on earth, at any date and time. Yes, shorter usb cable is recommand for qhy5ii series camera. Qhyccd qhy5ii autoguider mono progressive scan camera, 1.
The only app we know of with this capability is sequence generator pro which exposes the internal guide camera to. Because qhy5 ii works close to the max limit of usb2. From its inception, it has successfully embraced three seemingly conflicting objectives. Often, new features or bug fixes can be found in the prerelease section. If the camera is one of the selfguiding models with a builtin guide camera, then the imaging app controlling the imaging chip will need to provide access to the guide camera. It runs natively in windows win73264, 8, 10 and in os x 10. Phd became a fixture of the amateur astronomy community with more than a quarter million downloads. Guide camera qhy qhy5ii camera, software and st4 cable. Low weight and compact size makes the new qhy5 ii the ideal guide camera with useful planetary imaging capability. Phd2 is telescope guiding software that simplifies the process of tracking a guide star, letting you concentrate on other aspects of deepsky imaging or spectroscopy. I had to download the ascom driver system with celestronspecific drivers, and just point the phd software to the scope via that drivers software pretty intuitive. Close to icx618 camera hdr support for 120db dynamic range lunar and planetary imaging all sky camera entry level deep sky imaging electric view finder qhy5l ii m qe qhy5l ii c qe. This is not a tutorial on how to use phd2 as there are plenty of. This is an important aspect of deep sky astrophotography because it allows you to focus on capturing successful long exposure images and get the most out of your telescope mount phd2 is easy enough for a beginner to use right away, yet also includes sophisticated.
First steps when phd guiding is launched it does not automatically connect to your camera or mount. Phd and many other software programs recommend against running programs in admin mode as they give elevated priveleges that may not be required. The older, qhy5lii camera ascom, always worked fine for me but the one specified for guiding should work just as well. Software the qhy5 works with phd guiding it connects via the ascom camera option, then select cmos qhy5 camera. It supports philips, logitech, uvc webcams, qhy5, qhy6, dsi2pro, qhy5l ii m, qhy5l ii c, qhy5 ii, atik, starlight xpress, zwo asi astrocams for video and ftdi chipbased, parallel portbased lpt, gpiobased, gpusb devices, nexstarprotocol based and qhy5, qhy6, qhy5l ii m, qhy5l ii c, qhy5 ii, atik. Sophisticated guiding and analysis tools for experienced users extensive support for commonlyused equipment. To get the corrective signal back to the mount, there are two options. Once your mount is working properly you should be able to go 90120 seconds unguided anyway. However you approach this, all ascom and related software and i mean all of it needs to be run with identical user permissions. When i select qhy5ii i notice i cannot access the setup window for the camera.
Since none of the qhy5 drivers on the qhy website were recognized by phd2. The qhyccd qhy5ii autoguider mono camera has the improved the transfer speed of usb. Qhyccd qhy5 ii monochromatic planetaryautoguider ccd camera telescope accessories at telescopes celestron offaxis guider telescope accessories at telescopes how does this sound. The exposure and gain setting and any other setting must be done in the ezp. The qhy5l ii mono camera is the perfect camera for every astrophoto setup. When i select qhy5 ii i notice i cannot access the setup window for the camera. Phd guiding phd guiding is designed to be push here dummy simple, yet provide powerful, intelligent autoguiding of your telescope for both pcs and macs. Since none of the qhy5 drivers on the qhy website were recognized by phd2 he told me to 1. The qhy5lii also offers highspeed data transfer performance. May 03, 2020 phd2 is guiding software inspired by stark labs phd guiding. The qhy5ii mono camera is all you need for basic guiding and planetary imaging and has reduced banding compared to the original qhy5. May 04, 2019 metaguide is a videobased tool for precise collimation using the infocus diffraction pattern of a star. Yes, shorter usb cable is recommand for qhy5 ii series camera.
Light pollution in my location is a problem when dealing with faint luminace data such as finer galaxy detail and flux nebula. Phd guiding is open source in both the v1 version here and in the new v2 available for windows and mac. The qhy5 ii camera is an excellent affordable usb2 guiding camera with large 12 inch cmos sensor for easy guide star acquisition, and small 5. Unlike the older camera the qhy5 ii has reduced banding and improved high fps performance. Like public radio, you decide if you want to contribute and how much. The qhy5ii camera is an excellent affordable usb2 guiding camera with large 12 inch cmos sensor for easy guide star acquisition, and small 5. Qhy5liim mono high sensitivity cmos guide planetary.
Comets and asteroids are sometime fast moving objects. Long cable will cause the usb packet damaged and bad frame increased and even cause all frame lost. The image from an qhy5 is pretty dirty, lots of lines and crap but if you take some auto darks in phd it will clean the image up a lot and make it easier to focus. Phd guiding is designed to be push here dummy simple, yet provide powerful, intelligent auto guiding of your telescope for both pcs.