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Wondering the degree to which an equatorial mount would have simplified the code (made more complex the set-up of the mount).
by JKCalhoun 2y ago
Wondering the degree to which an equatorial mount would have simplified the code (made more complex the set-up of the mount).
- echoangle 2y agoI think not a lot. An equatorial mount has the advantage that cancelling the rotation of the earth is very simple (just a constant rate rotation around one axis), so tracking inertial stars is easier, but the main movement of the ISS is due to its orbit, it’s just overlaid with the rotation of the earth. But if you have to track both axes anyways, having the rotation of the earth cancelled for free doesn’t help a lot.