View Single Post
  #3  
Old 13-05-2006, 09:16 AM
Starkler's Avatar
Starkler (Geoff)
4000 post club member

Starkler is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 4,900
When I was researching equatorial platforms, the accepted wisdom was that discrete steps should be 1 arcsecond or less at the telescope to avoid vibrations and actually seeing them.

1.8 degrees = 6480 arcseconds. So if you have a 100:1 gearbox, you will still need a further 64.8:1 reduction or better in the final drive.
Reply With Quote