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Old 11-02-2007, 07:22 PM
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Dobs aren't mounted on anything, the term dob (Dobsonian) encompasses the OTA and base, the OTA sits on a simple wooden ALT (Altitude) Az (Azimuth) platform, hence the simplicity . The term comes from the platform's developer John Dobson a famous US sidewalk astronomer.
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