Re: Selecting a telescope

John Banister wrote:
My hope is that someone will make an affortable true go-to system for the
popular dobs, such as the Orions.

Your terminology is a bit off from the norm. Tracking and GOTO are two different things. Any telescope that can be targeted at an object in the sky is a "real GOTO." There isn't any other kind! ;-)

Greg

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