Hi Tony,

A few things to get your success rate near 100%.

1) Sell the 201XT and buy a SBIG ST4. The ST4 is so much a better
autoguider it isn't funny. The ST4 works and works well. The Meade 201XT
and 208XT are difficult to get to work even with good on axis star images,
and nearly impossible to get to work with the typical bad off axis star
images. I sold my 208XT about a year ago and got an ST4. That move alone
improved my success rate 10 fold.

2) Sell the Meade OAG and buy the Lumicon Giant Easy Guider. The
difference is like night and day, and the Giant Easy Guider has an 80mm
focal reducer built in, which give you much better finished shots.

3) Practice, practice and practice. Don't waste dark time out in the field
learning how to make it work. Practice in your yard with cheap film just
to get the hang of guiding. Don't expect perfect results right away. It
takes a few rolls of film to really learn what works and what doesn't.

4) Print out these two articles and read them over and over.
http://www.astrocruise.com/guide.htm and http://www.astrocruise.com/geg.htm

Good luck!

At 11:40 AM 12/30/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
> I am looking for some advice on an OAG. I was going back and forth on
>whether to mount a guide scope or continuing to use my OAG. I have read
>numerous articles stating that guide scopes have pretty much been abandoned,
>hence my decision to continue using an OAG. My main goal is to increase my
>success rate with a 201xt. I currently use the Meade #777 OAG. Do you think
>the GEG is a better OAG for use with the 201xt? I have had limited success
>(meaning I fight with it most of the time) with the 201xt, but I understand
>that the GEG or even a Radial Guider might increase my success rate.
> Any suggestions or advice would help greatly!
>
>Thanks to all,
>
>Tony

Chris Vedeler
http://www.isomedia.com/homes/cvedeler/space.htm
Tucson, AZ

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