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Old 21-04-2011, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons View Post
This is what you want.

I've seen one faster on the net but haven't been able to find it. But this one is pretty cool
http://www.astelco.com/images/news/B..._in_motion.avi
wow ken, thats impressive. but was this what you were looking for?
100deg per sec

http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Vi...eg_per_sec.avi

edit: both are the same mount, second at max speed of 100deg.
uses direct drive motors, but impressive accuracy of 5 arc secs.
http://www.astelco.com/products/ntm/ntm.htm

but coming back to the robot idea, i love the concept of the fixed eyepiece position. i've seen robots do that, but to do that with a multi axis robot carrying a telescope would be really cool.

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