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Originally Posted by edwardsdj
Just incredible. I wonder how long it will be before mounts with that sort of tracking capability become commodity items  |
Some of the amateur radio satellite software will control an antenna rotator - basically a fast motorised alt-azimuth mount. You just select which out of the 500 odd satellites you want and, assuming it's in view, away it goes. All you need to do is stick your 5" refractor and camera on it and wait for whatever to come into view.
See
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php
and
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftpsoft.html#win
And for a rotator, scroll down to the G5500
http://www.strictlyham.com.au/Yaesu/...s/Rotators.htm