Hi All,
Forgive me for this question in advance as I think I know the answer but I thought I would ask anyway:
Is it possible to make a dobsonian telescope "track" like an EQ mount by elevating its base to the angle of your latitude and then use the Azimuth bearings only?
What I am suggesting is a wedge type box that props up the base to e.g. 35 degrees and allows "tracking" for longer on Planets etc.
The reason I ask is that I have seen some Meade ETX and Ioptron alt/az mounts that have a side slider that jacks up the mount to EQ height by tipping it over and then the mount behaves like an EQ mount. Is there something else going on in the electronics of the GOTO mount here where the computer senses the tilt somehow and automatically corrects itself as it tracks?
Therefore, the question re the dob above.
Thanks for contemplating this for me, any answers would be helpful.
Cheers
Chris