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Another Bartelised scope
Hi all,
This thread has been quiet for a while so I thought I would add a few pictures of my Bartelised scope. I finished it recently and have been testing it out - most recently at the ASV starbeque at Heathcote.
It is a 12 inch F5. I have used epoxy moulded gears for the reduction system. It tracks well and I am told is relatively quiet (for a stepper system!). I need to work on the goto side of the mount. I can usually get objects within a wide field eyepiece if the slew is not too long.
Obviously this is not a highly engineered mount so I am happy with these results. I am going to look into the error correction options in Mel's software to see if I can improve the gotos. I use the DOS version of Guide as a planetarium program for this system.
My only real problem at the moment is that I keep blowing the fuse going to the circuit board. I am going to replace the power cable and if that does not help a friend suggested I try the current limiting circuit.
I hope this is of interest. Any comments or suggestions welcome.
Rod.
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