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Originally Posted by Stevo69
I notice that some books and online lists show RA and DEC (2000.0) coordinates in hours, minutes AND seconds. While other sources do not show seconds. With GOTO/computer-controlled systems, is just hours, minutes and decimal seconds accurate enough for locating objects?
I guess it could depend on the faintness? I have lots of lists with just RA: hh mm.s, DEC: dd, mm
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A pointing system that accepts RA as hh mm ss or hh mm.m and Dec as dd mm
will tend to provide enough precision for amateur scopes for all practical purposes.
Best Regards
Gary Kopff
Mt. Kuring-Gai