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For the longest time since my mate explained to me about polar alignment, i have wondered why it can not be done by a computer controlled method. I too saw the USB compas you speak of Dave, while reading through your links for USB motor control. Now i hear Celestron are suposed to be bringing out a device that you just point at the stars and it identifies them. Could such a thing be used to do polar alignment, i guess the problem would that there is no South Celestial Pole star. And that is the Crux of the problem. Unless you develop a system that uses the motion of some circum polar stars to precisely calculate the pole and go to it.
Ideas ideas.. what to do with ideas..
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