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Re: [ATM] Field derotator or equatorial?

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Subject: Re: [ATM] Field derotator or equatorial?
From: Thomas W Leiper <twleiper@juno.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:35:29 -0400
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On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:26:49 -0700 "Bob May" <bobmay@nethere.com> writes:
> Field derotation of a seperate guidescope won't work.  The
> problem is that you will be guiding a single star and if that
> star isn't in the center of the photo, the stars in the photo
> will rotate about the guide star.
> Bob May

Sounds like it's time to start welding up that giant horseshoe
equatorial.
Anybody figure out a way to "de-rotate" Earth... besides Klatu?

Tom Leiper
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