I know it's an inexpensive mount, but it is all I could afford at this time.
Thanks,
--Shawn
I'm already looking at the motors, next on my purchase list.chris_g wrote: ↑Thu Aug 18, 2022 2:49 pm With a decent polar alignment, maybe 10 seconds before you start to see drift. With a perfect polar alignment, 30 seconds before you start to see rotation in the field.
If you can find one in stock, motor drives aren't that expensive for that mount. Would help to know what your going to have riding on the mount though...
https://telescopes.net/93515-motor-driv ... ounts.html
You don't mention which camera you have. You also need to know the focal length of your 'scope and this includes any Barlow lenses you have.
Check the rule of 500. For your 430 mm focal length that's about 1 second without
So the longer the focal length, the higher the magnification and the shorter the exposure without trails.SkyHiker wrote: ↑Sat Aug 20, 2022 2:49 amCheck the rule of 500. For your 430 mm focal length that's about 1 second withoutRA motion. If you turn theRA control manually you may get trails from the motion of your hands. With astrophotography, a loose hanging cable can already cause problems. See what you can get but have modest expectations.
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