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So...it's a single purpose digital camera? Cool? I...guess? Can someone into astrophotography weigh in on why this is a meaningful development, as opposed to, s

So...it's a single purpose digital camera? Cool? I...guess? Can someone into astrophotography weigh in on why this is a meaningful development, as opposed to, say, mounting a DSLR on a motorized base and then also having a nice DSLR to take on vacation?

sohkamyung 9y ago
Best to read the comments at [1] as given in another comment In short, no, it's probably not better than the setup you described. But I think astronomy clubs would like it. At such events, you have to share scopes and probably have to keep switching between seeing a few stars or planets among a group of people. Having a scope that automatically keeps track of the target and can augment it by displaying some information on what you're seeing in the scope would probably be fascinating and exciting experience. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14831715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14831715