Definitions for "AutoGuider"
Keywords:  ccd, telescope, guidescope, guider, ota
a small device which uses a CCD chip (similar to what's in a digital camera) to image a star
A CCD that is optically attached to a guidescope or off-axis guider and electronically attached to the control of the telescope mount. It monitors the position of a guide object on the CCD array and adjusts the telescope's drives so as to keep the object in the same position, thus correcting for any errors in the drive or in polar alignment. It enables long-exposure photography or imaging through the main OTA without the astronomer having to make manual corrections to the drive in response to what he sees in a guidescope.
An autoguider is a small CCD camera which is used to send guiding corrections to the telescope's mount to increase tracking accuracy. An autoguider is used in conjunction with a film camera or CCD camera. Some CCD cameras have built-in autoguiders (see self-guiding).
AutoGuider is an integrated environment for continuation and bifurcation analysis. Based on Auto2000, it is designed to be portable and easy to use/install. Features includes a project manager, support for MathML and SBML, and SVG export of graphics.