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Old 24-07-2011, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Rigel003 View Post
Hey Phil. If I'm not mistaken that's my old Tak 102. Glad to see it being put to good use. Great photos. I especially like the deep widefield during totality - you've got to think outside the square to attempt that. The time lapse is great. How fast does the camera travel along the dolly?
Yes.. the Tak performs very well as an eclipse scope. I expect it will be in Cairns next year too

The dolly is still a work in progress and I had to throw a different motor on just on the day of the eclipse, which had a maximum 1 hour runtime which was way too fast. I'm working on changing that..
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