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Subject: Re: [M]: Re: Remotely Operating the LX 200
From: Bill Arnett
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Fri Nov 20 23:03:10 1998
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At 9:03 PM -0800 11/20/98, Joseph R. Goss wrote:
>...Gps accuracy not that good unless you have access to military units.
Sure it is. Civilian GPS is good to 100 *meters*, far better than the
LX200 needs for setting up its known locations. (And fortunately, despite
the objections of the Pentagon, the military grade signal will become
universally available in a few years, anyway.)
But a GPS isn't a compass, it won't tell you which way is north and hence
won't tell you what direction your OTA is pointing, which *is* what is
needed here.
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Bill Arnett "Quantum Mechanics:
Emerald Hills, CA 37N 122W the dreams stuff is made of"
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