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Old 13-03-2013, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by frolinmod View Post
Isn't that a rather coarse step size for tracking?
I didn't design it, I just worked out the ratios from the published step size.

A drive that uses a gearbox can go to much smaller step size however they have designed the system without a gearbox to get rid of the higher frequency periodic errors.

With the published payload, the mount could at most support a short 20 inch OTA. Theoretical resolution is 0.25 arc sec but seeing will almost always push the resolution much higher. I doubt you'd see the image cogging.

Joe
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