I bought my Losmandy G11 w/Gemini 2 in 2018. This is my first goto scope. Been mainly using it for visual and some planetary imaging, but now want to get into DS astrophotography. I have two cameras to use.?
Canon 6D? SLR
ASI462 MC.?
I have been researching setups. Been reading a lot online and watching YouTube videos. I could go with using PHD2 for autoguiding. I have started setting this up on my older Lenova laptop this week. I have ASICOM 6.6 installed, then installed the Gemini Telescope.Net web server. Next is to install PHD2. But I only have one USB port available on the laptop. So now I can see I will need multiple USB ports to connect things up (Mount, main camera, guide camera, and in the future a filter wheel, auto focuser, etc). One option is to get a USB Hub which should solve my problem for now. Another option I see people using is a Mini PC to connect all the equipment, and then WiFi that to their laptop. Another option is to use ASIAir Plus to connect up all the equipment which then uses WiFi to your phone or iPad or tablet.?
So should I just continue setting up PHD2 ? This should get me up and running. I can use the ASI462 MC for the guide, and the Canon 6D for main camera. Then down the road add a ASI120MM mini for guide, and use the ASI462 as main. And further down the road get a Cooled main camera.?
I do like the ASIAir Plus setup though. All the features and ease of use in one box. I understand your limited to the ZWO product line.?
While I have a fair about of $$ in the C11 / G11 scope and a lot of TeleVue eyepieces, I'm trying not to break the bank on my camera and autoguiding setup. Start small then upgrade later.?
From 1980 to 2018 when I got the C11 / G11 I was using a Meade 8 inch f6 Newtonian. Used to do astrophotography with it using an Olympus OM1 35mm film camera. Glad those days are over.?
Gary
