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JerryWise
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Reged: 12/26/03
Posts: 6876
Loc: Lexington, SC
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I mean double woooo-hooooo. A new hand controller steeped in innovation, I've been waiting for this nearly a year. (Maybe everybody knows about this and I missed it.) It's a..... ah.... HP Pocket PC with my most favorite software "The Sky" on it for 495. And I was waiting for something like the CGE or Meade hand controller. I love my Tak stuff but I might wait on [url=
http://www.buytelescopes.com/product.asp?t=&pid=12285&m=35]this purchase.[/url]
Come to think of it, I've already got one. One I can BlueTooth to the mount. One year of hopeful anticipation.... 
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Jerry
LX200ACF 14", Tak FS 152 & TOA 150
AP-1200 & Mach1
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jrcrilly
Refractor wienie again
Reged: 04/30/03
Posts: 22464
Loc: NE Ohio
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It might work out for you - but I tried Pocket Sky on an IPAQ years ago to control various field mounts and hated the tiny screen. That IPAQ is still here somewhere but I didn't bother to dig it out when I got the EM-200; whatever the best answer is for portable use, that isn't gonna be mine. someday.
I picked up the original THC but haven't had time to play with it much so I dunno whether it's my answer, either. Maybe I'll do a quickie comparo between those schemes
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John C
Urban Observatory
Tele Vue Pronto
A&M/Astreya 76mm F/6 APO
TMB/LOMO 80mm F/7.5 APO
Tak FSQ-106N F/5 APO
Meade 152ED F/9 "APO"
152mm F/10 achromat
Tak CN-212 8" F/12 classical Cass/ F/4 Newt
Teeter 20" F/3.8 truss Newt w/ServoCat
LXD750, EM-200, CI-700
ST-10XME
Edited by jrcrilly (10/21/07 07:21 PM)
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JerryWise
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Reged: 12/26/03
Posts: 6876
Loc: Lexington, SC
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Hi John. I have a fit with zooming in on The Sky in both the PC and Pocket PC versions. If I want to zoom in on a galaxy to find a close star to sync on I draw a box around the object and tap in the box to magnify. The orientation always is off and sometimes the object isn't even in the box. This capability is also very important if you are trying to determine which side of Meridian an object is to setup for photography. It has to be something I'm doing but it's in all my versions of the Sky (Orion, Celestron, Sky 6, Pocket PC, etc.)
I downloaded Astromist last night and that might be the answer. He's done a lot of work on it and it looks good. I'd just like to have a handbox like controller when using the NJP at a remote site.
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Jerry
LX200ACF 14", Tak FS 152 & TOA 150
AP-1200 & Mach1
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