EQMOD - why? Must resist the urge to tinker....
A week off of work plus wall to wall cloud has given me lots of spare time (probably too much!). One things that I keep on coming back to is EQMOD. Here's my conundrum:
Will it help me set my imaging kit up any quicker? - Not that I can see. If anything, having to connect a few more wires and fire up one or two more apps would make the process longer, albeit only a little :).
Does it provide me with better software than I currently use for image capture and guiding? - No.
Will it provide me with more accurate GOTO slews? - Probably but I've never found it to be a huge problem.
I do like my technology, but I'm not into technology for technology's sake (that's my wife's job :) ). Controlling my mount from a gamepad would be fun but is it going to be a real help? I can't see it.
I understand that some people are even using it to control their mounts whilst observing. Unless you've got magic eyes, surely you'd lose your night vision everytime you look at the screen wouldn't you?
I've got a couple of mates who are real advocates of it, and I can see some benefits if you've got a permanent setup in an obs but for me, it's a bit of a gadget and what little time we get under clear skies right now, I want to be productive rather than experimenting and troubleshooting.
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