To those that might be in the know:
One of the applications I hope to achieve with the goto system would be
'remote' imaging (remote in the sense of 30' to 100' away in a nice warm
room.) One of the issues that I need to contend with is centering up or
otherwise framing objects in the CCD's field of view. Since it probably
won't be likely that the pointing accuracy will be such that the object
will be exactly centered (or not, depending on what you're after), it
requires the ability to move the scope in small increments at a
reasonable rate of speed (like around 4X or so.) It seems that there
will at least be a slewing speed (~800+X) available through planetarium
programs (I have Guide 7.0) and a guiding speed (~.2 - .8X) available
through the CCD camera control (as in MaxIm). Question I have is will
there be a centering speed available remotely (i.e. one around 4X) or
will I be limited to the 2 speeds above? Also, is there any way possible
for the information stored in the controller box to be sent to a
separate program on a remote computer such that you would have access to
all the functions on the controller? Or is this something planned for
future software upgrades?
Thanks in advance for any info you might have.
--
Jim Girard
