GPS functionality for the Celestron Nexstar GT series ??

Hello NG,

recently i found in two websites a GPS add on for the Meade ETX,
LXD55, & LX90 serie.
Is there a same add on for a celestron Nexstar 114GT Telescope, with
the standard Goto Hand computer??

Thanks in Advance for any advice!
Marcel

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Hello NG,

recently i found in two websites a GPS add on for the Meade ETX,
LXD55, & LX90 serie.
Is there a same add on for a celestron Nexstar 114GT Telescope, with
the standard Goto Hand computer??

Thanks in Advance for any advice!
Marcel

I wouldn't bother, because GPS doesn't help the telescope find the stars.
If you can get your latitude and longitude to within 2 or 3 degrees, and the
date and time to within 10 minutes, then all you have to do is find the 2
initial stars and center them. Pointing accuracy depends on how well you
center the first 2 stars, and as I understand it, the only reason for GPS is
to help the telescope guess where they are going to be.

Apparently, the main appeal of GPS, for the manufacturers, is that it keeps
users from making *big* mistakes about location or time (such as entering
their longitude as west when it should be east).


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Clear skies,

Michael Covington -- www.covingtoninnovations.com
Author, Astrophotography for the Amateur
and (new) How to Use a Computerized Telescope