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Old 26-02-2012, 11:46 AM
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Robofocus

Carl,

One of the benefits of the Robofocus system is that the bracket might be specific to your particular Telescope's focus system, but most of the rest of it will fit any other telescope with the addition of a new bracket.
The motor and the controller are universal
They even work as a rotator with the appropriate hardware and drivers - eg the Takometer for Takahashi scopes.

So if you upgrade telescopes later then you you simply buy or make a new bracket and you continue using the same robofocus unit.

Of course you would need to delete your FocusMax focus curves for the old telescope and create a new set !

For astrophotography you are definitely doing one of the best things you can possibly do.

Even if you upgrade the focusser's mechanical system, you will still be able to use it - unless you get a dedicated integrated electronic/mechanical focusser.


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