Dob tracker

[Geoff45]

Has anyone had any experience with this equatorial platform (http://supernorthstars.tripod.com/index.html) . It seems much cheaper than most. I emailed the guy and he says $US364 delivered to Australia.
Geoff

[erick]

Sure is cheap!

[iceman]

Is that custom made for your latitude?

[erick]

Well spotted Mike:-

" the platform is setup at 42-degrees,and can adjusted for +/-3 degrees for up to 45-degrees or down to 39-degrees latitude.

You can Order Custom Latitudes..."

It would have to be custom made for an Oz latitude, or latitude range (and motor direction reversed for SCP).

[erick]

But worth telling the supplier that, if it performs and, at around that price delivered, he could well have a number of sales in Australia for an Australian designed model.

[Geoff45]

I presume so. I asked if it worked in the southern hemisphere and he said there was a north-south switch. I didn't enquire about a lot of detail before establishing that he could deliver to Oz and southern hemisphere was possible.
Geoff

[JethroB76]

Looks very tall, are they all like that?

[qld]

hi geof, did you intend to use this on your 12 at wiruna or are you secretly buying a 16 LB,in fact will it drive a 16 LB your 16LB neighbour qld

[rmcpb]

Bet ya 3 degrees will be a custom build at a different price :)

[Geoff45]

It did cross my mind to use it on my 12" Dob and no, I'm not buying a 16" LB until someone brings out a 20" commercial Dob, in which case the price of a 16" will drop dramatically.

[qld]

hi geof are you going to buy the tracker because if you do ,let me know if we can get a deal for two(george might be in it as well ) as i understand it saves on freight and maybe price. regards AC

[PCH]

The guy, Peter, from this mob claims there is no extra cost to custom build. I gave him 31 degrees (south is via a north/south switch) as an example for Perth.


Cheers, :thumbsup: