>"C-Sat" simply moves the LX200 to a position ahead of the satellite's expected
>position. Then it lets you see the satellite "cross" your field of
>view. There
>is no way you can take a picture of that satellite under these conditions.
>
>The LX200 is capable of slew speeds up to 8 degrees/sec.
>Satellites typically cross at .067 degrees/sec. This is 120 times slower than
>the LX200's capabilities.
>
>It would seem to me that, using C++ or Visual Basic 5.0,
>one could write a computer program to slew the LX200 to "FOLLOW"
>path...

The trouble is that there is no way to tell the LX200 to move at
anything other than the few fixed speeds pre-programmed into it.

Bill Arnett
http://www.seds.org/billa/
"Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself." -- Richard Feynman

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