Open the tracking menu from the top toolbar or from Utility > Tracking.
When tracking is enabled, the mount will stay pointed to the object it is currently pointing to. That is, mount will turn at the same rate as that of the object moving across the sky. Turn off tracking to observe stationary object on the ground.
You can turn on tracking for objects moving at different speeds:
Tracking accuracy is determined by
Alt-azimuth mount tracking is a long running task, so you need to take the precautions in [Maintaining Long Running Task] to prevent it from being interrupted.
Alt-azimuth mounts have the ability to perform an alternative type of tracking called [Point And Track]. You have the option to turn off Point And Track here. See [Point And Track] for how to turn it on.
PPEC playback is only applicable to equatorial mount with PPEC support. When PPEC playback is enabled, mount compensates for periodic error during tracking. PPEC playback requires previously recorded PPEC training data. For how to record see [PPEC (Permanent Periodic Error Correction)].
App has these built-in sky object catalogs:
Open a catalog to view, search, sort and filter objects.
The comet catalog data is from the IAU Minor Planet Center.
You can use User Objects to save your own coordinates in a list. You can later retrieve the coordinates for [GOTO]. There are two user object lists:
How accurately mount can point given an RA Dec coordinates depends on the pointing model built by [Alignment] and [Sync]. On the other hand, axis position coordinates does not depend on alignment or sync. The physical pointing location of the mount given an axis position is determined only by mount physical orientation and axis position origin.
Once a visible object is selected from a catalog, you can use it for [GOTO] or Point And Track. A visible object is one with an altitude within the [Altitude Limit].
Point And Track is an alternative way to track an object, without the need to perform star alignment, and is only available to alt-azimuth mounts. This feature is useful for tracking the Sun, Moon and planets in daytime, when there are no stars visible for performing alignment.
To perform Point And Track, ensure that the mount tripod is level, as indicated by its bubble level. Next, choose the object to track from the catalog and select Point And Track. If you then manually (motor-driven and/or push-to) center the object in the telescope field of view, the mount will keep it there. Once started, Point And Track can be turned off in the [Tracking] menu. Performing GOTO also turns off Point And Track.
Accuracy of Point And Track is determined only by how perfectly level the mount tripod is. Whether [alignment] had been done or not does not affect the accuracy of Point And Track. See [Alignment] section for a comparison of this feature and alignment.
Point And Track is a long running operation. See [Maintaining Long Running Task] for how to ensure it does not get interrupted.