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Old 11-02-2010, 12:59 AM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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Hi Steve,

The scope will still track "reasonably" on the moon. Whilst not accurate enough for photography the Sidereal tracking will keep the moon reasonably near the FOV and you just use the arrow keys on the Servocat handpad to keep it centered. A piece of cake really and no problem to keep it in the FOV for hours with a brief touch on the hand pad every couple of minutes. How often you need to use the handpad to re center will depend on the power you are observing at and the FOV of your eyepiece.

You just center the moon in the FOV and the servocat will do the rest.

Cheers,
John B
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