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Originally Posted by Astrofriend
Can that problem be solved
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Yes...
A fork mount, or one-arm fork... or
A harmonic drive mount, the only ones I'm aware of are from Korea and start around $10k, these are basically an equatorial where the drive is so rigid no counterweights are required and it relies on the brute strength of the harmonic drive coupling. Point anywhere...
Forget the equatorial bit and use an AZEQ6 in altazimuth mode, works perfectly well. On a balcony, if the mount is levelled accurately a one-star alignment will work.