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We have described the process of setting up the LX200GPS and LX400 telescopes and using some of the built-in facilities – including Smart Mount and Smart Drive – to raise the telescope’s operational efficiency to a reasonable level. There is further to go with this process, but before that, new software is required. A significant improvement to the tracking performance of a LX200GPS/LX400 series scope (and many others) can be made by measuring and correcting the telescope’s periodic error, and that will require specific, advanced software; this is dealt with in chap. 6. But before it can be done, you need to install telescope/camera control software. This chapter deals with at least some of the software that is necessary for attaining a higher level of telescope performance.
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Harris, L. (2010). Essential Software for Basic Operations. In: So You Want a Meade LX Telescope!. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1775-1_5
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