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NJScope
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Re: A Case for GOTO
10/05/07 05:47 PM
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Eric:
Overall I totally agree with your thoughts about GOTO telescopes. Nonetheless, as David Knisely and others so aptly point out, the uninitiated newbie is better served to learn the skies manually before depending upon computers. For those of us amateurs who spend most of our time conducting research, GOTO scopes are invaluable in locating extremely faint objects that can only be visualized with sensitive cameras. These may be moving targets such as asteroids or fixed objects like variable stars. Data collection time is precious so that time spent star-hopping translates into valuable points missed along a light curve.
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Kevin
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