Thread: Dob for a/p?
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Old 18-04-2014, 11:07 AM
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Hi Simon, due to the mount method (altitude/azimuth rather than equatorial) the field of view appears to rotate over time. It is possible to use a de-rotator but I believe these are quite expensive. It could end up cheaper to buy a decent equatorial mount.
Unless of course it is a very large Dob (12"+) in which case the de-rotator would make sense.

See Gary Kopff's post (#5) in this thread:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=73798

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