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Ian,
I know exactly what you're saying and agree with simplicity.
If you have a mount that behaves reasonably well, and get it polar aligned, then you can make it simple for yourself and not autoguide.
What I used to do more than I do now, is setup (align, etc) then take shots without autoguiding (this was pre autoguiding), having illuminated crosshairs eyepiece in the telescope, check it every 5-10mins and make necessary corrections, otherwise leave it. It worked fine. occasional trailing perhaps.
But you do need to stick to relatively wide field stuff with that type of activity, say wider than 70mm. Although even that depends on your equipment.
Roger.
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