From: "Tim" <tjp314@pacbell.net>

Date: November 10, 2005 5:29:11 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Camera for guiding


--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@o...> wrote:


Well it has to be an LX200 or compatible command set mount, we aren't  

supporting Temma nor Celestron mounts.  Celestron doens't support  

slewing while tracking just GoTo and Temma is just plain "weird" to  

work with.


Ah, but they do sound cool in the dark when you're slewing!  Particularly the NJP.  ;o)


David:  I'm one of these Mac folks who'd like to try autoguiding with Astro IIDC, but my 

guidable mounts are Celestron or Temma.  I don't do Meade, but mainly because I'd rather 

not buy another fork mount (my 9.25" is on a fork, and I don't like moving it around much).  


Someone on the Meade DSI group pointed me to Rob Beck's Star-Mate (http://www.star-

mate.com/starmate.htm) for emulating an LX200 to drive things like Celestron mounts, but I 

imagine running an LX200 emulator on a Mac would be rather Rube Goldberg, as it's made 

for PCs.  But I could be wrong.


planetarily,

-Tim.