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Old 29-11-2005, 02:51 PM
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yup,


you have to gear down the ratio as these things will step one whole step at 1.8 degrees and half step at .9 degree. this is too much as the earth is rotatinig slower than that. You basically need it to step at least 15 times a second so that you can do deep space photography.

roughly 24000:1

I am buying gary beals to have a play with and then working with mick pinner to get a locally made version up and running for next year.

You want to be able to make it real easy for people to fit to their dobs for tracking and goto etc
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