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Joe Lalumia
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Reged: 01/24/07
Posts: 2573
Loc: Rockwall, Texas, USA
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Re: A Case for GOTO
09/26/07 07:48 PM
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Nice article!  and I agree 100%. I am also a NEW- ---- OLD Astro-Nut! I don't have the time to star hop and it would be very difficult in my light polluted corner lot driveway!
As was mentioned in the article I have also seen 30+ sky objects in just one viewing session. This opened up the wonders of the sky to me, and only increased my hobby interest.
I am a member of an Astronomy club and the "old" timers just don't think much of GOTO scopes. I also appreciate that they can find something in the sky just as fast as my GOTO locates it. However, I would say that if we want to get the video game controller "crowd" involved with Astronomy, we need to hand them a computer controller that looks like the XBOX controller they were using all afternoon. Kids nowadays are not intimidated by the likes of a Celestron or Meade hand controller. Their video game controller is 5 times more complicated to use.
So -------- start recommending a GOTO or PUSHTO scope to all the beginners in our hobby. They just may stay interested long enough to learn the sky. Thanks again for the nice GOTO article.
Joe
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LX90 8" LNT, SV Nighthawk & TelePOD, SV 80/9D & M4 mount, ETX 90, Orion XT10i, 20x80 binoculars, SV-BV3s.
"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax." - Albert Einstein
Edited by Joe Lalumia (09/26/07 07:53 PM)
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