Re: [ATM] Telescope Emulation Software

["Scott Ewart" <scott.e@quicksurfer.com>]

I have a friend who uses SkyMap Pro with his Dob this way.  I'm sure other
programs can do the same.

Scott


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Hunter" <atm_ken_hunter@yahoo.com>
To: "Gil Gagne" <gilgagne@bellsouth.net>; <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [ATM] Telescope Emulation Software


Most planetarium programs can do this...
Check out ECU (Earth Centered Universe)
and others...

Ken Hunter


--- Gil Gagne <gilgagne@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Does anyone know of any software to run on a PC that
> accepts Alt-AZ
> coordinates or encoder pulses from my dob telescope
> and scrolls thru a
> map or representation of the sky. Once calibrated,
> this system would act
> like a finder scope to help locate stars and deep
> sky objects on the
> monitor that are hard to find thru the limited field
> of view of an
> optical finder. I've searched through several Sky &
> Tel and Astronomy
> issues for such software without much success.
> Gil
> Port Orange, FL
>
>

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