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Old 21-05-2006, 09:18 PM
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The McCreary Mount - Platform.

Saw this over at Cloudynights and thought i would post it here for you guys to see. Its a very neat idea on using gravity for tracking. Based on the principles of Poncet table/equatorial platform.

Discussion on Cloudynights.
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea.../o/all/fpart/1

The project website.
http://subarcsec.com/index.html

What i really like is the use of natural forces to avoid the use of battery power.

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