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Originally Posted by Rodstar
Congratulations, Rick. It looks very smart, and by the sounds the "looks" are pretty "smart" too!
It is amazing what a bit of extra aperture does, just wait until you have some time looking at M42 under a dark sky, stupendous!
I am interested to hear how the controller compares with the Argo. Does it work on a similar principle, with direction arrows indicating where to swivel the scope? How comprehensive is the database? Can you download ephemera?
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Hi and thanks Rod
Lookin' good so far. Maybe PC on the 6th.
The controller is pretty good mate and has a database of about 14,000 objects. Finds things just like Argo and I like the instant input of the keypad rather than turning the dial. It has the direction arrows like Argo and some interesting things that argo hasn't (mind you I like argo as well and argo certainly has some features that the object locator hasn't) but it does the job quite well. It hasn't got an external power source jack,(it is battery powered) but I'm sure I could adapt one to suit if need be.
It has an RS 232 jack for downloading software updates but I'm not sure whether it can be used for direct download of ephemera?
You can add up to 99 user defined objects by RA and Dec to use as favourites or whatever, so it has some versatility.
Cheers Rick
