Is This a Tracking Error?

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Jerry Gerber avatar
Out of 12 good subs, this last one turned out oddly.  At first I thought it may be a computer display glitch, but when I examine the actual sub, it looks like this; there are two of every star.  Anyone know what is causing this?

Brian Puhl avatar

Probably jumped guide stars. Definitely a track between the ghosted stars, ever so slight.

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Jerry Gerber avatar
Hi Brian,

I'm not using a guide scope or guide camera, the 10MicronGM1000 can track without guiding.  But I suppose it could be some kind of guiding problem.  It looks like the camera took two images of the same field but obviously out of registration.  It's a 3 minute luminance sub (-10c) taken with the ASI2600mm, the EFW 7x2 filter wheel.
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Chris Jensen avatar

Possible wind gust bumping the scope is the only thing I can think of given you are not guiding.

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