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Old 05-06-2018, 11:09 PM
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Astrofriend (Lars)
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Depth of focus and motor focus gear ratio

Hi,
Earlier I have made a calculator to find the telescopes depth of focus:
http://www.astrofriend.eu/astronomy/...-of-focus.html

Now I have continued with a gear ratio calculator for the motor focuser:
http://www.astrofriend.eu/astronomy/...box-ratio.html

Sometimes it could be tricky to find the correct gear ratio and maybe this could be of some help.

It's important to have the stepsize about 5 times smaller or even less then the depth of focus.

Note:
This is all new, I may have done some mistakes, check carefully before ordering any parts!

/Lars

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