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Originally Posted by Jasp05
You could make a wedge that is cut at the same angle as the latitude of your imaging location. (Ball head for polar aligning can be painful as you have to get both directions aligned simultaneously).
This will get you in the ball park of your altitude adjustment. Any finer adjustment can be done through changing the height of the front tripod leg.
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Right. So, you just move the tripod left or right to align from location and adjust the legs a touch for "up" and "down". Can confirm I am going to try a green laser to align it.
So, I can try and use the existing head I have to move the DSLR.
Should I go curved rod, or straight rod? Curved looks correct right now and let me stay aligned longer, right?
I think I will make the attempt to motorize it.
1rpm, 3rpm or something else? Why this speed?
I need to decide on the motor (9v/even 6v compatible sounds good for portability?)
Will a lm317 kit be needed to regulate the speed? Will that work with 6v?
Perhaps this motor would be suitable?
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/DC-6V-1r...AAAOSwH05ZsLCx
Also, this will probably become helpful:
https://blarg.co.uk/astronomy/barn-d...ker-calculator (thanks Aaron)