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Old 14-05-2010, 07:33 PM
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some will gasp in horror, but I have had a few ideas, tried a few as well but not to the point of no return.
I have an 8" dobs, have been told not suitable for astro-photography. (Definitely the wrong thing to say to me)
you see, I am curious and like to prove things or apologize.
now some out there would say OK you can take pick of the moon.
and I will say right back the Orion nebula is not on the moon.
and I have pics that I have done through my 8" dob.
now me not being happy with just this I have been thinking and racking my brain for a few months now, and think I have come up with a solution to track.
firstly a concreted area in the back yard looks great to me.
the idea is, I polar align the drum and get the vertical axis correct. then tilt the drum so that the polar alignment is now horizontal, then fill the drum with concrete.
then the result when it is dried, and I stand it back up to its position, is a platform that needs a motorized base on the dobs to sit there, and tracking should be possible.
I do realize that there are going to be a few more mods along the way but, lets experiment here.
any other ideas would be helpfull.

Ritchie
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