Question 1

I have a Celestron NexStar 11 inch GPS telescope, will this StarShoot Autoguider work for me?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it's a good guider.  I have a 12" Meade and I piggyback an Orion ST80 with the StarShoot attached to the ST80.  If you intend to use your 11" scope as a guide scope, with an imaging scope attached, that will work too.

Question 2

I have a Celestron Nexstar SE 6. Will the Starshoot Auto guider work with it?

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Not really. There's a good explanation on the Celestron website about why. I'm not sure if I can paste a URL here, but I'll try.http://www.celestron.com/support/knowledgebase?article=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.celestron.com%2Fc3%2Fsupport3%2Findex.php%3Fgroup%3Diframe%26_m%3Dknowledgebase%26_a%3Dviewarticle%26nav%3D0%26kbarticleid%3D2448&title=I+want+to+autoguide+with+my+Alt-Azimuth+mount+for+long-exposure+astrophotography.+Will+this+work%3FHere's the text of the article:» Support Center » Knowledgebase » I want to autoguide with my Alt-Azimuth mount for long-exposure astrophotography. Will this work?		 I want to autoguide with my Alt-Azimuth mount for long-exposure astrophotography. Will this work?AnswerTechnically, yes, it will work. Many modern autoguiders can keep up with the guide rates involved. In practice, no, guiding with an alt-azimuth mount will not work. Here's why.The autoguider will detect drift of the star you have selected to guide on and send commands to the mount to keep it at the same position relative to your scope's axis. Meanwhile, as your imaging session goes on, all the other objects in the field of view will move relative to both the scope axis and the guide star. The guide star-whether it's centered in the field or at its edge-will act as the axis of motion and all the stars will rotate about it.The result: trailed stars everywhere in your picture except the guide star. This field rotation is the same as for polar axis misalignment with an equatorial mount. Field rotation is discussed in more depth in another knowledgebase article under Astrophotography-Imaging FAQs.

Question 3

Will this work with the Celestron CG-5 mount?

Accepted Answer

The CG-5 mount has an autoguider port and should support the Orion Statshoot autoguider camera.  Just plug the camera's autoguider output cable into the autoguider port on the CG-5.  You will need to plug the USB cable from the Orion into your laptop computer and use the supplied PhD guiding software.  I have found this system to be very good and works well with the Orion guidescope.

Question 4

Does this product work with Windows 7, 64bit Laptop???

Accepted Answer

Yes it does. I have a Windows 8 64-bit laptop and use the Win 7 interface instead of the Win 8 one. Works great and I get excellent guiding using PHD2 with my StarShoot guider.

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