Re: Can a Alt/Az goto track aircraft?

From: Szaki (szaki10_at_comcast.net)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 03:47:40 -0800

How can you track an airplane GOTO, if you don't know the exact coordinats
of the flying objects? Even for comets or for the ISS has to have the latest
coordinets, they move fast.
Julius

"Jon Isaacs" <jonisaacs@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20050110041629.01124.00000043@mb-m23.aol.com...
> >I tracked and photographed aircraft with my TV Pronto many times, day
> >time
>>on the up-swing Alt/Az mount manually.
>
> No trouble tracking airplanes manually, but the subject here is whether an
> alt-az GOTO mount can track aircraft...
>
> jon isaacs