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Originally Posted by darkskybondi
I see I need to do some research into the various required components. At this point it sounds like I require a motor drive, servo, and computer to drive it.
Ian - I just want to have the option of relatively cheaply adding tracking capability (mainly for convenience while I view visually) and also for finding objects of interest more quickly using the computer. The option to image using this system later on would be nice, but principally I just want to have an idea about what I'll need in future for a 10 or 12" dob to enable a basic tracking/"go-to" system (using my laptop as the computer control). I wouldn't have imagined it would be tooooooo complicated but I am trying to gauge the rough costs and complexities of doing it cheap and nasty!
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Bartelling it looks like the go for you then , can add fancy features later (goto, etc through coding them up if you want them).
The problem with a dob and imaging is Field Rotation. That's fixable and I may be wrong but I think Bartel tackles that too (a three axis system).