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Old 23-05-2014, 06:45 PM
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Sagittarius to Carina, 3 panel mosaic with home made tracker.

Hi,

This is the first outing with my compact barn door tracker since I fitted the drive motor.
It was a real pain to turn by hand!
Anyway, it does the job well and exactly what I wanted it for - wide field.

The tracker is light and as simple as I could make it.
These panels are 2 minute each at ISO 1600 at 25mm f/5, canon 18 to 55 kit lens, with the Canon 1100D.

The mount itself was roughly aligned using a compass, spirit level and protractor.

Quite chuffed with it really.

Cheers,

Justin.
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