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Old 30-07-2006, 02:31 PM
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Widefield Imaging Platform

Hi All, i have made a quick cheap and nasty adapter for my eq5 to hold my cameras for widefield imaging.

The cameras are rock solid on the dovetail bar, and have just enough room to clear each other, and remote cords.

When i polar align, do the cameras have to be shooting straight down the field of the mount? or can i rotate them seperately from each other to image different targets at the same time?

I have seen other cameras mounted on eq mounts twisted away from each other to cover different fields of view.

Or is it once i have decent polar alignment of the mount, i can aim anywhere in the sky and have decent tracking?

Any comments or advice greatly appreciated. thanks.

Trevor.
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