Planetary and Lunar Tracking with HEQ5

Acquisition Guiding Solar System
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schmaks avatar
schmaks avatar
Hi,

Is it the same process to track solar system objects as it is with deep space (polar align, star align, object align, shoot)?

Or—is there something else I need to know to track the planets and moon?

Thanks!
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Eddie Pons avatar
Eddie Pons avatar
There is a Tracking setting called "Lunar" on the handset.
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Andrew Wall avatar
Andrew Wall avatar
Tracking in Lunar rate for the Moon, normal Sidereal tracking for the other planets and stars. Solar for the Sun (with proper filters of course)
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