{"id":2573,"date":"2026-01-04T13:29:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/?p=2573"},"modified":"2026-01-04T17:22:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T05:22:43","slug":"oag-and-sct-is-bigger-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/?p=2573","title":{"rendered":"OAG and SCT &#8211; is bigger better ???"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So after many clear nights with the SCT 9.25&#8243; EHD, and me not getting the guiding working with the OAG, I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that the PlayerOne Ceres-M has a CCD which is too small for the the SCT ! even with the 0.7x reducer ! .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bring on the bigger is better moto&#8230; Xena-M, here are a some photos of the CCD&#8217;s side by side <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CCS-OAG-Cam-1024x622.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2574\" style=\"width:670px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CCS-OAG-Cam-1024x622.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CCS-OAG-Cam-300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CCS-OAG-Cam-768x467.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CCS-OAG-Cam-1536x933.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CCS-OAG-Cam-2048x1244.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the issue i have found, is the StellarMates inbuilt guider uses multiple stars, and to be fair, when you are using a big slow scope like the f\/10 sometimes there just inst enough stars for the exposure time (~0.5 &#8211; 1.5s) to lock onto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So lets see if bigger is better !! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So after many clear nights with the SCT 9.25&#8243; EHD, and me not getting the guiding working with the OAG, I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that the PlayerOne Ceres-M has a CCD which is too small for the the SCT ! even with the 0.7x reducer ! . 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