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Old 27-04-2008, 07:50 PM
Ian Robinson
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Originally Posted by netwolf View Post
Don't goto's Triangulate your Lat/Long from the Alignment stars? Why is an external GPS or manual coordinate entry important? I guess it might make the intial slew to the Alignment star more accurate. Has someone actually measurred the benefit of GPS?
.... I suspect the addon GPS Meade and Celestron are flogging is a gimmic.

Now if the gadget gives a digital display of where you are : I might buy one if I can use in when I do 4x4 / fishing safaris.
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