Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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🛰️ How to Guide with an SCT: OAG, Guide Scope, or ZWO AIR?
Struggling to get clean, round stars with your Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope (SCT)? In this video, we break down the three main options to guide your SCT effectively:

🔭 Off-Axis Guiding (OAG)
📷 Integrated Guide Cam in ZWO AIR/Duo cameras
🔬 Guide Scope

We’ll compare real-world pros and cons, discuss setup difficulty, guiding accuracy, compatibility with long focal lengths, and what works best

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