If the mount was precisely polar aligned, had accurate time and GPS coordinates entered, and the mount centered to the marks, shouldn't GOTO alignment be accurate without further alignment routines? Just thinking out loud.
Chris
If the mount was precisely polar aligned, had accurate time and GPS coordinates entered, and the mount centered to the marks, shouldn't GOTO alignment be accurate without further alignment routines? Just thinking out loud.
Chris
OTA's: TPO 10" f/4 Newtonian, Celestron 8" EdgeHD SCT, 0.7x Edge reducer lens, Astro-Tech AT65EDQ, Astro-Tech 50mm guide scope
Mounts: Software Bisque Paramount MX+, iOptron CEM60
Cameras: Atik 383L+ mono with EFW2 filter wheel (36mm filters), Canon T2i - self-modded with Baader IR filter, ZWO ASI120MC, QHY5L-II mono, LodeStar X2
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Yes. But this is the real world, where some of those "if"s are likely to be false. In particular, polar alignment and setting the mount in the home position are analog processes done by human eye. Hence the need for goto alignment.
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Newtonian Astrograph; ATIK 383L+; EFW2 filter wheel; Astrodon Ha,LRGB filters; KWIQ/QHY5 guide
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cmassa (10-17-2013)