At Christmas time (and usually only then) you should be able to go to
your local Wally-Mart and for about $125 buy a Meade 4-1/2" f/10
Newtonian reflector with motor driven, computer controlled, altazimuth
or maybe even an equatorial tracking mount.
Mount your camera on this and track via the scope itself. These things
always come with chintzy Ramsden or other simple design microscope size
eyepieces (.097" diameter if I remember correctly). However, the one I
bought also has provision for a larger, 1-1/4" standard size telescope
eyepiece. A phone call to Meade got me the appropriate focusing adapter
free of charge. Scope performs very well with a good eyepiece.
Chuck Norcutt
AG Schnozz wrote:
> Mr Spock wrote:
>> Anything beyond these two items requires that the camera be guided,
>> typically by mounting it on a telescope which is on a clock driven
>> equatorial mount with some means of overriding the clock frequency
>> to allow for tracking errors. If exposures are very short (as in a
>> few minutes) it may be possible to use a simple device called
>> a "barn door mount" which is just two boards hinged together with
>> one being rotated with respect to the other by a tangent screw.
>
> I'm in total agreement here. A simple barn-door tracker costs about
> five bucks to make and an hour of work. I've been thinking about
> making the more advanced version and even throwing an electric motor
> drive on it. I want to be prepared for the next major round of
> auroras.
>
> AG
>
>
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