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Old 23-11-2012, 11:34 AM
Poita (Peter)
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Removing DEC backlash
Has anyone looked at this before?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker...n/photostream/

Uses a 3rd motor to do the dec guiding...via the tripod leg!
Talk about lateral thinking.
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Old 24-11-2012, 05:02 PM
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Thats a smart idea apart from resetting to keep goto and polar alignment, but on a tripod and if your spending a night on maybe 1 or 2 images who cares.
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