Chuck, The GPS feature is the ultimate dumbing down of the whole process. You don't need to level your scope, or polar align or anything. Just plop the sucker down anywhere on the planet, power it up, and it instantly knows where it is and where to point, just like magic! Even a blind rabbit could do it (if he had opposable thumbs and the strength to lift it out of the trunk of someone's car, assuming he knew where the power switch was and could kick it on that is...). :o) Rich --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
Can someone tell me why a GPS is even needed? You don't need to know your precise latitude to polar-align. It would be useful for occultation work, especially if you travel long distances to unknown territory, but a USGS topo map works just as well. What am I missing?
Thanks
C.
--- Jim Gibson <xajax99@yahoo.com> wrote:
Brent, Chuck, Kim and anybody else with an opinion I was of the understanding that a GPS telescope is really useful if you are moving around allot; I
mean
loooong distances. It you are just using it in your back yard, what good does a GPS do you if you are always in the same place? I can't see how the cost would be justified; but that is why I am asking the question, I don't know.
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