Buying a Telescope?

[MarkinAZ]

Originally Posted by Footbag

A pic of the setup...

Thats a nice looking set-up Adam. I have an old C8 from back in the early 90's. Yours looks like a C8 on steroids I bet the GPS is a welcomed feature for your rig...

[Footbag]

Originally Posted by MarkinCA

Thats a nice looking set-up Adam. I have an old C8 from back in the early 90's. Yours looks like a C8 on steroids I bet the GPS is a welcomed feature for your rig...

Yeah it's great... With the GPS, you don't have to type in your location or exact time. The Auto-align is amazing. Just point it at three bright objects,(usually the first stars you see in the sky) to set it up. You don't have to know the objects. Then it can point out any of 40,000 objects at a keystroke.

It keeps the objects centered perfectly.

[MarkinAZ]

Originally Posted by Footbag

It keeps the objects centered perfectly.

So, you can simply set-up, point it at the North star and your good to go? That's nice

[GoatLocker]

Originally Posted by MarkinCA

So, you can simply set-up, point it at the North star and your good to go? That's nice

You don't even have to do that. Any stars will work for alignment.

[Footbag]

Originally Posted by GoatLocker

You don't even have to do that. Any stars will work for alignment.

That's correct. You don't have to know what you are pointing it at. If you do know what you are pointing at, you only need one object.[ie North Star] Otherwise, you need to point it at three bright objects and then it knows everything else.

[JohnnyFlake]

That's Awesome!