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Old 26-02-2021, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by AdamJL View Post
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Still new to this hobby, and I was shocked that this part was still knobs and dials.
For larger mounts you may have to lift over 180Kg of telescope and counterweights on the polar axis. Designing a system that can do that with arc second precision would be a challenge....
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