Bob Elliott Apr 21, 2003
>Guide has a fair control over the LX200 telescope - better than myLawrence. You can synchronize the LX200 with Guide by taking an image and
>imaging program so I use Guide to control my LX200. Is it possible to
>put a mosaic and synchronise feature in to improve usability?
>
>By synchronise, I mean that when the telescope knows where it is, you
>can use its built-in controls to GOTO a specific NGC (or other) object.
>With Guide, you can point and GOTO, but there is usually a residual
>error. I have not seen a method to say to the program - this is where
>the telescope is actually pointing (rather than where you think it is
>pointing).
>The mosaic feature would allow a series of pictures to be taken in a
>strip of one or more dimensions with a nominal overlap for each. This
>would allow larger images to be compiled. It would simply drive the
>requested distance and then wait for the programmed images to be taken
>(using the imaging program) before continuing.
>