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Old 23-10-2015, 01:21 PM
Furious_D
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Converting a 10 inch dob to motorised eq

Last year I bought a 10 inch Saxon dobsonian telescope with a cheap third party base. My aim is eventually to do astrophotography, and I know that for deep space photography dobs aren't great. I'd like to gradually move towards this - ideally by buying an eq mount first and then motorised it at a later date. I know this is an area where people make mistakes and waste thousands, so I'd rather do it right!

My scope weighs 12.5kg without the base. Am I right in thinking an eq5 would do the job, or would I need an eq6? Are there any others worth looking into? Most importantly, will I be able to motorise these after the fact with enough accuracy for deep space photography?

I'm hoping that a few people on here have done this before, and can give me a few pointers

Thanks,
Graham
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