there be treasure here......X marks the spot
I recently upgraded the portable 'Scooter' mount AGAIN!, to proper bearings and a better machined worm and worm gear.
The pressed bell housings for the original scooter were actually badly off centre and didn't let the worm mesh properly for the whole circumference.
The blank for the worm gear is an old VCR head. Beautiful aluminium to machine. Two initial results to test it shown here.
The 1st is through thin high cloud and fogs the bright stars giving cool halos and emphasises colour. 2nd is last night around the Carina region of the milky way.
sky pics heavily cropped and resized down to stay under the 200k limit.
QHY8 camera and SLR 50mm Nikon lens. 30 secs x 65 fr.
Steve