Thread: Eq Dob Mount
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Old 12-04-2006, 12:47 PM
vespine
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Yes, I will definitely be recruiting my dad who is a very experienced do-it-all-handy-man type, has a workshop and all that. Wouldn't trust myself alone playing with a fragile $1.5k.

What I'm thinking tho is that I would motorise the az on the base to act as RA with the wedge but I don't think I'll bother motorising DEC/Alt. That would keep it easier to set up, shouldn't need computer control and all that. I'm planning to eventually put Argo Navis on it, so I don't really see that DEC motorisation would really add that much benefit, just keep DEC as 'push to'. Has anyone else done this and regretted not motorising DEC? I can't imagine so..
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