On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:25:43 -0800 RayS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (about LX200 module)
Sounds interesting, but I don't actually know what an LX200 is. I considered buying one of the Meade computer controlled telescopes (there is a very inexpensive one that has been marketed through Walmart. Ordinarily, I would steer clear of a "department store telescope", but I was intrigued that they were selling a name brand telescope). But the box is very uninformative -- it seems as if there's some kind of fixed catalog of objects that the scope will find, with no way to just enter coordinates. It seemed like maybe it would be *too* automated. But if in fact it's possible to interface to one of these with a little Python, that would make things a lot different. Do they have some kind of serial or USB port on them? Of course, you may be talking about an entirely different telescope! But if there were a way to do this, I would definitely be interested in testing out your module. I used to be a professional Astronomer, but I really have very little experience as an amateur, and I'm a bit clumsy with small telescopes (I was really spoiled by big observatory scopes where you just punch in coordinates and make sure the counterweight doesn't smack you in the head. ;-)). Now that I'm out of it, though, I would like to be able to do some types of amateur observing for fun (and for my kids). Cheers, Terry -- Terry Hancock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list