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Er .. I shouldn't have tried to use percentages ... the Argo system itself adds another $1,000 on top of the autotracking dob cost of $1,200 - ie: $2,200 for the complete system.
Compare this with $1,500 for the complete autotracking System with a SynScan controller.
A big difference - $700 !
I'm really trying understand what advantage an Argo would add to justify the extra cost. (Perhaps none).
Surely, nowadays, the accuracy of navigation comes down to the precision of the slewing mechanism when responding to instructions from a controller - not the controller itself. The Argo philosophy seems to rely on a human to achieve this, which is a good idea if 'auto-slewing' is expensive, but in this case, this cost seems to have reduced considerably.
(The Skywatcher site also says the encoder design allows the telescope to be moved manually whenever the user wishes - but with no need for re-alignment. So it seems that you get this feature anyway with the autotrack dob system).
I'm starting to wonder if the Argo philosophy is becoming outdated ?
I'm open minded about this ... eg: I haven't seen any reviews of the Skywatcher SynScan/Dob/Autotracking System yet, so maybe we'll find out when they release them, huh ? But what & when to buy .. that's my quest !
Cheers & Rgds
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