Hello,
Would the ZWO 60mm guide scope with ZWO 290MM work together for polar alignment? The scope has a 280mm focal length.
Thank you!
ZWO 60mm guide scope with ZWO 290MM?
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Re: ZWO 60mm guide scope with ZWO 290MM?
Hi,
You can enter the details of all of your hardware here – https://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/ – and the webpage will calculate the field of view that your camera has. Anything above or close to 1° by 1° should work absolutely fine. As you get down to half a degree by half a degree things may get less reliable (at those scales it's best to just try it out and see if it works well or not).
Hope this helps, Robin
You can enter the details of all of your hardware here – https://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/ – and the webpage will calculate the field of view that your camera has. Anything above or close to 1° by 1° should work absolutely fine. As you get down to half a degree by half a degree things may get less reliable (at those scales it's best to just try it out and see if it works well or not).
Hope this helps, Robin