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Originally Posted by SkyViking
Sorry if it's slightly off topic but I was of the impression that if you use auto-guiding then mount errors etc won't matter much as the auto-guiding will just keep the guide star centered anyway. Is that a simplistic view?
I have the Losmandy G-11 myself and am very happy with it. However I'm asking because currently I'm not using any form of guiding and haven't used the PEC either. I plan to upgrade to an SBIG ccd cam soon and haven't really given much thought to the whole mount precision issue, sort of anticipating that auto-guiding will solve any problems. Maybe I'm wrong?
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I think this is one of those debates that can go on for ever. Probably best to start a new thread (or, I think there already are plenty if you search the forums for suitable keywords). In short, yes there are reasons you'd want a better rather than worse tracking mount even if you are autoguiding. And then there's just different grades of better
