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Originally Posted by tailwag
Hey Starkler I noticed in your sig, that you have a AN and a Dob, this is exactly where I'm heading in a couple of months, can you give me your honest opinion on how these two components compliment each other, and good tips or experiences you can share?
Edit: Make that same request of Dave47tuc, who was faster than me.
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As Daves sig says, its the single best thing you can do to improve the amenity of your scope. You can find everything the guys with their goto scopes can, and get there faster too
If you like dso viewing, you'll view many more in a night using AN than by starhopping. Want to view some galaxies? set the AN to take you on a tour of galaxies visible at that time and work your through the list it generates as points you to each target.
There is a bit of a learning curve at first and getting it fitted and ironing out the initial hardware fitting bugs, but it doesnt take long to get the hang of it.
Some baulk at the cost of fitting a $1k system to a $700 dob, but what scope for $1700 can catch a 10" dob with AN for dso viewing?
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