Rik Hill wrote:
> I'm afraid mine are the old-fashioned mounts. No go-to, no computer,
> heck, I still have old synchronous AC motor drives! -Rik
Rik,
My mount is the Losmandy G11 system which also does not permit automated GOTO. However, for about $1500, I
can get the Gemini upgrade which will permit GOTO's as well as software-initiated slewing at 6-degrees per second
(1200x sidereal rate).
If you also have a Losmandy, the door is not totally shut. In addition to the LX200's from Meade and the
Nexstar's from Celestron, I think the ETX line may also be usable in this mode as well right now.
Anthony.
>
>
> > Rik,
> >
> > Have a look at the SatelliteTracker software produced by Brent Boshart at
> > http://sattracker.hypermart.net - this is a really neat program that allows LX200 scopes to continuously
> > track satellites while overhead.
> >
> > Brent is now working to make the software also compatible with the Losmandy mounts and, more
> > specifically, the Gemini system.
> >
> > One of the options within the program is the exporting to an ASCII file the necessary coordinates of a
> > particular pass (I do not remember the time interval but it may be something like 2 seconds) as per one of
> > your questions below.
> >
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