![]() It also came with the Meade LPI ccd imager (Lunar & Planetary Imager, basically a Meade USB webcam) and Autostar Suite software for computer based remote control but I haven’t explored this much yet. Once aligned properly this gives the scope ‘goto’ functionality so you can pick an object from the on screen database, press ‘goto’, and the scope automatically moves to that object in the sky. The scope came with the Autostar hand controller for all the scope settings and slewing (moving) the scope around. This applies to either wide field views of the heavens with a normal camera mounted piggy back on the scope or through the scope itself for tracking planets or deep sky objects. ![]() So where normally I would shoot star trails from a static camera with tracking the stars stay still allowing light to be gathered for long periods of time. ![]() The telescope has alt-az and polar tracking modes which basically means it can compensate for the rotation of the earth and therefore appear to make the stars stand still. This came up in an advert in the local paper so I did a lot of Googling and ended up buying it! Meade ETX scopes are very common and people have captured some very impressive results with them though various imaging techniques.
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