[AZ-Observing] Re: The Meade Mount
- From: Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 09:59:32 -0700
Hello Stan,
There has been a lot of talk about this on the LX200 list. You can
actually do the M with the old mounts and AutoStar. No script writing
required. All you need do is create a "Tour." If the mount is aligned
properly it should hit all the objects of the tour. Even your 10"
should do that.
Jeff
At 09:31 -0700 3/2/06, Stan Gorodenski wrote:
>I don't know how long Meade has been out with this, but I see in the
>April S&T they now have a robotic mount for a mere $14,999 (at least its
>a little more reasonable by not being $15,000). It looks like robotic is
>the wave. This would make doing the MM very easy. Write a script to slew
>to the object at a specific time, pause a minute or so to view and then
>go to the next. :-)
>Stan
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