motor drive for Eq2 skywatcher

[astro bob]

Hi all. Does anybody know where I can buy a motor drive for my 130p eq2 skywatcher, moving on to imaging and been told I would need one. All help appreciated.

[Cornelius Varley]

This one http://www.firstlightoptics.com/skywatcher-mounts/skywatcher-ra-motor-drive-for-eq2.html or this one http://www.365astronomy.com/skywatcher-ra-economy-single-axis-motor-drive-for-eq2-mount-p-2316.html . If you are planning on doing some deep sky imaging with a DSLR you may also need to move the primary mirror closer to the secondary to achieve focus.

[astro bob]

Does the one from first light also have the function of remote moving? As opposed to using the knobs and handles that are currently on my mount. Thanks for the reply

[Cornelius Varley]

The RA drive from FLO is the multispeed version which gives you 1x, 2x and 4x sidereal rates.

[maltrabob]

Hi astrobob . I am also planning to upgrade my EQ2 mount with RA motor and I will get the Skywatcher one. I found very good blog about both controllers that helped me to make decision on which one to choose.

Skywatcher Single axis "Economy" drive: http://astrobeano.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/simple-motor-for-skywatcher-eq2-mount.html

Skywatcher RA Motor Drive for EQ-2: http://astrobeano.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/multi-speed-motor-for-skywatcher-eq2.html

That multi-speed motor blog also has some subsections, so check it out.

[themos]

The non-economy one is a lot more accurate and can be modified to enable autoguiding in RA.