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Originally Posted by rogerg
I hate to think the horror of automating a meridian flip - making sure you're back on the same spot of sky and somehow getting the pointing accuracy to do that and retain a guide star.
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You'd actually be surprised. With the integration of the right software tools you can plan your exposures to mitigiate a meridian flip causing issues. Tools such as CCD AutoPilot -
http://www.ccdware.com/products/ccdap3/index.cfm and Observatory Control Software -
http://acp4.dc3.com/index2.html
will actually finish the exposure, wait for the flip, re-focus, re-calibrate, find a guide star and re-commence imaging automatically. Very powerful. It does take some time to set up and I've had a few mishaps. It makes imaging aquisition much easier.