I think Kevin uses a 4 inch refractor on his GOTO
> mount (Celestron?) so Im sure he could add
> some useful info here.
That's right, I use a 4 ince refractor, on a celestron nexstar SLT mount.
I don't dare, try to track satellites using the scope on the mount.
Why, because I don't want to risk, having the tube hit the mount, as once happened. After which I
had to send in the mount for repair.
The reason I use a wide feild, for satellite tracking, is because of pointing error's in the
mount. Doesn't matter how much I do a good alignment, the satellites are not placed, close to the
centre of the feild of view. So having a wide feild, is important to making sure the satellite is
in the feild of view. Handy on some nights it's clear, when I am working. I just use goto mount to
track a flashing geo sat, and record the video for later playback. So no need to stare at the geo
sat waiting for it to flash. Once I know where to look, then I can view it on a night I am not
working.
But if I am looking at high up satellites, then having not as wide a feild is ok. I just allow for
error's, when trying to locate the sat. Since they move slow, plenty of time to locate it.
I have more interest in observing high up satellite, ie geo satellites and such. Not that you
couldn't tell with my post.
Kevin
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