[sac-forum] Re: Digital setting circle question

I'm sure AJ will have something to say, as he has actually used a Sky
Commander with his tracking platform.  What I remember him saying was that
a platform option is build into the Sky Commander firmware, and all you
need to do is push a button to tell it that you are resetting the platform,
and you do not to re-do your star alignment.  I do not have a good
intuitive feel how this works.

I just had a vision of the binocular chair on a tracking platform!

Tom


Original Message:
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From: Steve D. fester00@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:51:46 -0700
To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sac-forum] Digital setting circle question



Howdy,
   Here's a question, maybe technical, about DSC's such as Sky Commander. 
If I remember right, they mount on an alt/az Dob and calculate the position
of objects in Altitude and Azimuth.  What happens when you put the alt/az
mount on a platform?  Is the calculation still purely alt/az, or is the DSC
informed somehow and adjusts the algorithm?  If I'm totally wet, let me
know.


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