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Old 21-01-2014, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by RickS View Post
I guess it's nice and might save you some time plate solving and re-slewing but it's not critical for any application that I can think of. I'm a nomadic imager and I get by just fine without a pointing model. If I had a permanent setup I would do one, of course.

Cheers,
Rick.
Ultimately it comes down to repeatable, albeit narrow, fields of view.

e.g. If you don't need to go 0-100km/hr in 3.2 seconds, it's wasted horsepower
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