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I recently acquired a ZWO ASI224MC camera and an Orion XX12g GoTo Dob and have been anxious to see how well they perform together on capturing the planets. Here is my latest attempt at Mars before it gets away for the year.
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Nice Tom! Lots of detail in the capture. I'm hoping to take a pic with my new ZWO ASI 120 when it arrives
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Congratulations Tom on having your image selected as todays TSS APOD!

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Nice!
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Congrats on winning the APOD for today Tom!
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Great Mars image Tom!

Congratulations on the apod!
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That is really nice Tom :)
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Very Nice Tom and Congrats on the APOD!
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Hi Tom. A very nice Mars image with the XX12g scope and ASI224MC camera. Wonderful planet color and lots of surface marking details. Thanks for sharing this capture with us Tom, and congratulations on winning the TSS APOD Award today.
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Thanks for the recognition, [mention]Gordon[/mention] and thank you everyone for the kind words.

I'm trying really hard to keep from falling down the AP rabbit hole. I hope this GoTo Dob will satisfy me enough to stop the slide. :D
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Very nice image Tom; beware you are on the accretion disc of the AP black hole...
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Wow, that is impressive detail and color.

Congratulations on the TSS award!

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Really great pic of Mars.
I have a 10" Apertura Dob.
Is there a way to make it a GoTo?
I assume you are not talking about a motorized mount.
I see you are in College Station -- almost a neighbor!
Thanks again for pic.
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deg13122 wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2020 3:01 pm Really great pic of Mars.
I have a 10" Apertura Dob.
Is there a way to make it a GoTo?
I assume you are not talking about a motorized mount.
I see you are in College Station -- almost a neighbor!
Thanks again for pic.
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Thanks, Dennis!

Yes, the Orion XX12g is a motorized mount, which allows tracking. It's a regular dob mount, but there's a computerized motor to control both altitude and azimuth. They do make third-party add-on motorized drives, which I considered, but it would have cost me as much for one of those as it did for this entire telescope.

They also make equatorial platforms for dobs, and even plans online to build your own. However, my carpentry skills are low, I don't have many of the tools necessary, and it would have cost me over $1000 to buy a pre-built one. Buying this used dob was a much better option for me.
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Thanks for the info.
Great picture of Mars. Hope to see more soon.
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Congratulations Tom
That's a great capture 👍
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Ooh that's a nice one. Beautiful presentation!
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Impressive. Great colour and a sharp image. Definitely a keeper!
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