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Old 21-03-2009, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by nightstalker View Post
Real men push there dobs !!
I agree wholeheartedly If the addition of tracking motors detracted in any way from the ability to make it move easily and smoothly in push-to mode I would see it as a big minus.

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Originally Posted by AlexN View Post
but for planetary imaging these would make quite a splash I would imagine... 12 + inches of aperture with tracking for what will be MUCH less than the cost of equal aperture on an equatorial mount....
Whats an unknown at this stage is how smooth the motor drives are for high power imaging.
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