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you betcha gary, the driven dob!!!!
works a treat. hand controller at the moment, and i have played with the goto and a laptop, but i have to fine tune the calibration etc.
but at the moment, find the planet, start tracking, spend roughly 3 or 4 minutes refining the track and then guide it.
At 1000x magnification, i am very happy in both directions. The AZ bearing is the biggest so saturn at transit is super smooth on the screen and i am very happy with the smaller 6" alt bearing tracking with jupiter at the moment as it rises etc.
Basically it simply works, best $$ i have spent. The whole setup now is so easy, that i wheel it out on the dob buggy and within 5 minutes, i am tracking a planet at 1000x.
Cooling the mirror is next, i have ordered some peltiers and i have bought a large ball bearing fan like what comes on the bintel 12" dobs.
As you can see from my ramblings, i am very happy.
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