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Originally Posted by cookie8
Round Table Platforms
Its a round wooden platform on which you put your whole dob including mount. It does limited tracking when leveled and polar aligned. Unfortunately its US manufacturer has closed it down recently due to financial difficulties, There is a photo on their site still:
http://www.roundtableplatforms.com/
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I see. Judging from the photo, I'm guessing it rotates in sync with earth's rotation and then as the flanged part of the base hits a block the platform tilts up to match the earth's tilt. Very clever (if I'm right).