[raymo]

I am surprised that in this age of technological wonders, nobody has come
up with a mount/system that can track well enough for long exposure astro
imaging out of the box, at a price that at least some amateurs could afford. There is a constant flow of posts from members with tracking problems, and I don't mean newbies, who will have at least initial problems. How much time
must you top imagers spend agonising over your PHD graphs, and trying to improve them?
The large professional observatories must surely be able to track very well
indeed, almost perfectly, so why is there not a much cheaper version of whatever they use to do it?
From a 50+ year manual guider.
raymo