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Old 28-07-2015, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by MortonH View Post
To many/most people ER and AFOV form part of the optical performance. An ortho with tiny field and eye relief is no use to me since I like simple alt az undriven mounts.

Hi Morton

I just discovered these myself and am really impressed with them - various manufacturers (Vixen was first) have made their standard AZ mounts and then an after market gadget from JMI called 'train and track' is a set of small motors which when attached to the mount and via simple movements will learn to follow a target. So you get the quasi tracking of a computerised mount without the hassles.

So - no goto but it will learn to track objects via you simply moving the mount yourself and thus mimic your movements when following a target. They are small and portable and gives your AZ mount and whole new lease on life
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