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December 22, 2023
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PHD2 v2.6.13 Released

Head to Downloads for the installation files and release details.

December 21, 2019
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Bruce and Andy have compiled a list of best practices for PHD2. These aren’t “must-do’s”, but they represent lessons learned from both personal experience and from analyzing hundreds of log files covering a wide range of equipment configurations. Updated Dec 2019.

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December 7, 2019
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macOS Catalina

PHD2 is now compatible with macOS Catalina. Download here

April 26, 2018
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Polar Alignment tool video tutorials

Ken has put together some video tutorials on the new PHD2 polar alignment tools: Polar Drift Alignment (PDA) and Static Polar Alignment (SPA) They can be viewed here: PHD2 polar alignment tutorials.

June 12, 2016
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PHD2_Broker package available

Bruce has contributed a new PHD2_Broker package that lets you use PHD2 with the latest CCD Autopilot automation package (v 5.09.8 or later). You can manage your imaging sessions with CCD Autopilot while letting PHD2 handle guiding and dithering in a coordinated way. Details are provided in the help document that’s part of the Broker package. Download: PHD2_Broker download

December 29, 2015
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Tutorial: Analyzing PHD2 Guiding Results

A tutorial on how to interpret your Guide Log and improve your guiding performance, by Bruce Waddington. Highly recommended! Download PDF English Français Italiano 日本

December 20, 2015
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Tutorial: Off-axis guiding on comets with PHD2

A tutorial on using PHD2’s Comet Tracking tool for off-axis guiding on comets, by Lars Karlsson.

June 26, 2015
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PHD2 Dither App

Bruce Waddington has contributed a new PHD2 dithering application. This handy utility can be used to dither PHD2 from applications like MaxIm that do not have built-in support for PHD dithering. Download: PHD_Dither 1b