Hi Guys, I'm new to Iceinspace. I have a DIY question for any one that can help me. I have a 8" GoTo Skywatcher Dob, And I have just got into Astrophotography which I am enjoying greatly. I am building a home observatory with a roll off roof so I can do some imaging at home as I have limited time and I would like to permanently mount my Dob to a pier I have made inside my Observatory so I can leave it set up. And I don't particularly want to spend a $1000+ on a EQ mount so I can stop field rotation. (call me frugal but my funds are limited) .
My scope as you know already has GoTo drive so I was wondering if there is any way I can change the set-up to think it is an EQ drive instead of an AZ? I think that's right
I can easily make a wedge to mount the Dob this in no problem at all The thing that is puzzling me is, My friend has a LX200 on a fork mount and when he puts it on a wedge he just changes the setting in the hand controller to the other mode( as far as i'm aware) But mine doesn't have this function.
I hope this all makes sense
Any ideas would be great thanks.
Clive