Hi:
I'm using SkySafari 6 Pro to control a Meade LX65 goto telescope. I'm currently doing a 2-star alignment, and am able to do GOTO all over the sky and hit an object somewhere in a 0.8 degree field of view. It would be fantastic if SS6 or SS7 enabled a 10-star alignment to do a pointing model for greater precision.
Previously, I owned an observatory, and performed 300 plate TPoint models, achieving arcsecond pointing accuracy. I've since moved to a city and sold my observatory, and am just enjoying visual astronomy and casual observing at star parties. That's where SS6 comes in. I don't think SS6 needs to do 300 point models, because that's the domain of SkyX and TPoint and ACP for permanent fixed observatories. But for star parties, it would be great if SS6 could point a Meade or Celestron or other goto mount with pointing accuracy of a few arcminutes. A 10-point model would be a fantastic enhancement to SS6 (or SS7) for telescope control.
Fundamentally, I think people use SS6 as a personal planetarium program and to control telescopes for pretty casual observing. If you can achieve pointing accuracy of 3-5 arcminutes, a) objects will be near the center of eyepiece fields of view, and b) people can use their goto mount to slew in dense areas of the sky, stop on a fuzzy object and use SkySafari to tell you what you're looking at.
That would be really awesome!
Thanks,
Rob