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Originally Posted by Foxinsox
Hi, Richard,
I would love to fit out my 12" Lightbridge Dob for astro photography. How easy is it to install, align and operate an equatorial platform for my Dob ? Is the Blandin product of good quality ?
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The platform is easy to assemble. It comes with a bubble level to help level the mount and I align it south-north with a compass. You need to allow for the magnetic deviation.
Although the mount has tracking error, SharpCap Pro allows you to take very short exposures and continuously align and stack them to build up the final image. It is sort of like planetary imaging.
I have also used the camera and SharpCap Pro and my 15cm reflector on a vixen EQ mount just polar aligned with a polar scope. I do not need to use PHD or guide.
Hope this helps.
Richard.