Groundbreaking Technology: because it's powerful and so dang easy.
There are two ways a scope can keep track of the sky:
- alignment and tracking
- plate solving
Plate solving used to be difficult to implement before computers got so powerful. Now, your phone is fully capable. Plate solving looks at the stars you're pointing at and figures out exactly where you're pointing. No alignment steps required - it essentially instantly aligns all the time.
There are several plate solving offerings available. Here we'll talk Celestron Starsense Explorer.
Will this $2 Mirror REVOLUTIONIZE Amateur Astronomy? Celestron's Starsense Explorer Telescopes - YouTube (11-minutes -there are timestamps in the description)
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