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Since the mid-1980s, amateur astronomers have been able to buy commercial telescopes that will slew automatically to a desired target, eliminating the hassle of having to “star-hop” to the target or use setting circles in the dark.
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Mobberley, M. (2004). “Go To” Telescopes and Mountings. In: The New Amateur Astronomer. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0639-5_5
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