Marc Castel wrote:

> Michael,
>
> Dome tracking with the LX200 is a snap without any fancy tracking equipment.
> We simply get the Alt, Azm, and DEC of the scope and send the appropriate
> position to the dome motors/sensors. We did an all sky model of telescope
> position to dome position, developed the pointing equation, and voila...dome
> tracking. You can get the scope position (as we do) from the second serial
> port on the LX200 (using a separate com port) so as not to interfere with
> your virtual sky software or alternatively some programs (such as ACP) allow
> you to export the scope position info for use in orther programs (custom
> ones I imagine). We have a clamshell dome, which is even stranger to model,
> so I guess that a "regular" dome shouldn't be too difficult.
>
> Marc Castel
> Wild Flower Ridge Observatory

Having a traditional dome observatory that is manually powered...I would be most
interested in the details of the all-sky model of telescope/dome position.

Thanks
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