Does this AutoStar tracking system just take you to different places in the sky, or does it actually track the object you're looking at as it moves?
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Provided you carefully align it first, following the instructions, it will.
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It tracks, but not with enough accuracy for long exposure photography. It is basically a computer controlled altiazimuth mount.
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This 102mm scope features the AudioStar hand controller with Astronomer Inside technology that provides a guided tour of the night sky with synchronized tracking and audio explanations. After a brief alignment procedure, the motorized mount will slew the telescope from object to object while the built-in speaker in the hand-held controller describes the celestial object being viewed. If you'd prefer to be your own tour guide of the heavens, the telescope is ready to take you to any visual object in its over 30,000 object library and educate anyone listening with over 500 audio presentations in either English or French. This 102mm scope features the AudioStar hand controller with Astronomer Inside technology that provides a guided tour of the night sky with synchronized tracking and audio explanations. After a brief alignment procedure, the motorized mount will slew the telescope from object to object while the built-in speaker in the hand-held controller describes the celestial object being viewed. If you'd prefer to be your own tour guide of the heavens, the telescope is ready to take you to any visual object in its over 30,000 object library and educate anyone listening with over 500 audio presentations... » Read More This 102mm scope features the AudioStar hand controller with Astronomer Inside technology that provides a guided tour of the night sky with synchronized tracking and audio explanations. After a brief alignment procedure, the motorized mount will slew the telescope from object to object while the built-in speaker in the hand-held controller describes the celestial object being viewed. If you'd prefer to be your own tour guide of the heavens, the telescope is ready to take you to any visual object in its over 30,000 object library and educate anyone listening with over 500 audio presentations in either English or French. « Show Less
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It tracks as well. It does a really good job as long as you did the 3 star alignment correctly.
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it doesnt track anything its just computer set up. the best way to do is use the manual tracking.
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its determined by gps, it is fairly accurate of couse the more satellite's the better. it does compensate for changes in ground level from take off, it can not adjust to upcoming terrain in flight. so using waypoints flying at an altitude of 300ft and you fly toward a hill thats 600ft your gonna have problems
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Hi Taran, Great Question. This Tracker Works Off Of SMS (Text) You Will Send Commands Via Text And Receive Realtime Locations In A Link That Automatically Will Direct You To The Location On Your Map......Also Gives You Date, Time, And Speed Traveled At Time Of Track. Hope This Answers Your Question, Thank You!
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Yes, you look through it like a small monocular/scope. The image you see in it is zoomed 6x and has a small crosshair. Then you just press the button and it gives you the exact distance from you to the thing you are targetting with your crosshair. Most of the time you'll just aim for the golf flag to get its distance, but sometimes it can be usefull to aim a a bunker, a lake, some tree, etc. Very versatile and quicker to use than a golf gps, which requires a few seconds to acquire the satellite signal. It's also more accurate (0.5 yard vs 5-6 yards accuracy)
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I can't answer your whole question but I can tell you what I know about a some of the Celestron products you mentioned. The sky sync GPS does not align it just enters time and location so you don't have to, the Skysync can also be used together with other accessories like Starsense for example. The Star Sense Autobalign will read the stars automatically so you don't have to do an alignment manually. The SkyQ Link will enter your time and location via your mobile device and then you can use your mobile device (iPad) to control you telescope, however you will have to align your scope first and the current model does not work with the Starsense accessory. I can't answer your whole question but I can tell you what I know about a some of the Celestron products you mentioned. The sky sync GPS does not align it just enters time and location so you don't have to, the Skysync can also be used together with other accessories like Starsense for example. The Star Sense Autobalign will read the stars automatically so you don't have to do an alignment manually. The SkyQ Link will enter your time and location via your mobile device and then you can use your mobile device (iPad) to control you telescope, however you will have to align your scope first... » Read More I can't answer your whole question but I can tell you what I know about a some of the Celestron products you mentioned. The sky sync GPS does not align it just enters time and location so you don't have to, the Skysync can also be used together with other accessories like Starsense for example. The Star Sense Autobalign will read the stars automatically so you don't have to do an alignment manually. The SkyQ Link will enter your time and location via your mobile device and then you can use your mobile device (iPad) to control you telescope, however you will have to align your scope first and the current model does not work with the Starsense accessory. « Show Less
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No, it is not. The way it works is instead of a combination of motors moving the scope around, You move the scope around. You align it with the calibration stars you choose by manually pushing it. Once everything is correct it will tell you how far to move in either axis on the hand controller. It's a great way to get into the hobby because it teaches you the positioning of all the stars and celestial objects!
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I use this on Star Citizen and it works great for me also. It seems very accurate. I would recommend it in its price range.
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Unfortunately it has to be re-aligned every time. I use the auto-two star method, still takes a few minutes but by aligning it the telescope takes me to cool things like nebula and galaxies
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No, it's just a laser show. They are basically just green dots spinning around- but still pretty cool looking, unless the constellations are what you really want. There's a video on YouTube that shows what it looks like.
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No. However. Push the blue button and say. What direction am I traveling. And. Onstar. Will tell you
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No, I think it's just to help people know what is in the sky in their area. I have not used the app yet, just the telescope.
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Good question. I have never tried it but don't see why it would not work. As long as the ipilot is on and operating to allow the GPS function to trace the track. Next time out I'm going to try it.
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I have found it to be extremely accurate especially after it's fully locked on and using WAAS. It's receiver is sensitive enough to reliably navigate from the window seat of a passenger aircraft and from the forest floor in tropical rainforest. How accurate depends on how long you leave it on to acquire satellites and whether or not you are in a WAAS area? There is an accuracy estimate on the satellite screen.
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It does yes, altitude, direction, and velocity. But they are only about as accurate as the coordinates themselves (within 3-5 meters),
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Sure. It could serve as such. As long as you have a clear shot of the sky - outside your car or outside your hotel - just mark the location on backtrack and it will guide you back to your hotel or car showing the direction and distance (dimishing distance if you're proceeding correctly or increasing distance if you're not.)
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No, it gives you the compass bearing and distance from your selected base and waypoints. It does that quite well.
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No, GPS systems show only the location of the receiver - they don't "track" people or objects. What you're asking about is called a "PLB" or Personal Locator Beacon, such as this http://www.amazon.com/ACR-Terrafix-406-Gps-Rebate/dp/B001JQ0C20/ or http://www.amazon.com/McMurdo-82-826-004A-Fastfind-Personal-Locator/dp/B000EFAT98/. However, these devices require activation by the user, so they still don't function exactly like you're asking. Now then, "Lojack" does make a product for tracking "at risk" people, such as Alzheimer's patients: http://www.locatorsystemscorp.com/ , but I'm going to assume your brother isn't in that category.