DOBSONIAN TRACKING PLATFORMS
We are hard at work developing a Dobsonian Platform for Tracking. The Platform will enable the user to keep an object centered for around 45mins. This is particularly useful for long stares at planetary and Moon details, and of course, any other object. Although the Platform is not intended for astrophotography, there will be an improvement over other methods of taking images using a Dobsonian telescope (Astrophotography with a Dobsonian article - October 2005). We estimate the pricing to be around $400 to $500 for an 200mm or 250mm Dobsonian.Let us know if you are interested and what sort of Dobsonian you have, and the size.
Yes well I have approached a few people to provide such a platform that is affordable. Given the popularity of the dob, this is a must have upgrade. But it needs to be affordable. Matt from T&A has been very responsive to this and I am pleased to see that his and his local Astronomy club members efforts are paying off. All I have done is to ask various people if they could come up with an affordable design and market it, the credit goes fully to Matt and his colleagues who responded.
Thanks netwolf, hats off to everyone behind the new platform project, a good locally made Dob table would be fantastic and needed by many of us.
Fingers are crossed.
