A very, very weird mount !

[Viewmaster]

Here's my barn door tracker with a Skywatcher AX synscan head mounted on it  . 

I know that I could have gone the simpler way and bought a GOTO tracking mount, but having already built the barn door I thought, "Why not GOTO as well?" 

The GOTO (mounted level to start) will find the DSO and then the barn door tracking motor will be switched on, then the camera.

The big problem is that there are no longer any clear nights to align, adjust and test it all out.

 

[Grotemobile]

 Blimey,that looks like one hell of
a set up.

Steve

[Alien 13]

Now that i like very much.

Alan

[ronin]

Is your surname Robinson? :eek:

Therefore are you the son or gandson of William Heath Robinson? :grin: :grin:

[RichM63]

Ah 'tis a thing of great beauty!

[steppenwolf]

I love it - thinking outside the normal at its best!!

[Viewmaster]

Thanks for kind words guys. I had a lot of trouble with the main bearings but hope that is sorted.

It was tracking OK for 15 minutes with a 200mm lens but that should now be improved

when I test it out next..........no clear sky here since last Sunday week.

[PeterCPC]

Complicated or what!

Peter

[Robny]

Can't stop looking it, I love it [emoji15]

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[NickK]

You need to add a dutch polar scope to it..

[Viewmaster]

You need to add a dutch polar scope to it..

It already has a home made laser PA system.  Laser in a tubular housing is offset at 45 arc minutes from RA axis using adjusting screws for alignment and can be rotated to get correct Polaris RA. 

 Here's a piccy of it..........

[Chris]

ha ha! excellent!

[alan potts]

Looks like it could cook breakfast and make the tea at the same time. Interesting.

Alan

[leelee970]

just one word - Fantastic.

Lee

[Scott]

amazing what an imaginative mind combined with an abundance of clouds can come up with. looks brilliant

[Landy Dave]

That is one of the coolest things I have seen.

It definitely shows great ingenuity and skill to get something that makes all the very different parts work together

[Viewmaster]

Thanks again guys for nice remarks......all on my 81st birthday too.

[Caldwell14]

Thanks again guys for nice remarks......all on my 81st birthday too.

Well many happy returns

[Scott]

Thanks again guys for nice remarks......all on my 81st birthday too.

Well a happy birthday to you sir .

[RichM63]

And a very happy birthday from me, just think what you will be able to acheive for your 91st.

All the best,

Rich

[Viewmaster]

Thanks for good wishes you three guys.  

 Rich, at 91 I will probably be doing carpentry.........

.........making a 6 ft long box for myself.

[Kirscovitch]

I have no clue what I'm looking at but it's great!

[Viewmaster]

Thanks Matt.  Well,  I may try to convert it into a time travelling machine and go to where

there are no clouds.   

The weather here in UK has been awful recently, but last night was good,

so keep fingers crossed.

[Chinapig]

Thanks Matt.  Well,  I may try to convert it into a time travelling machine and go to where

there are no clouds.   

The weather here in UK has been awful recently, but last night was good,

so keep fingers crossed.

At the very least, I reckon you should consider buidling a rocket as your next project, idealy something that could take this lot above the cloud layer!

An absolutely wonderous bit of kit - truly fab!

And many happy returns to you.

All the best

Simon

[Viewmaster]

Here's one of the first efforts taken on the barn door tracker of the Veil Nebula.

It's a single 5 minute RAW at f5.6 and ISO 800.

I thought it rather pretty, but maybe the colours are all wrong?  

There are many coloured versions on the net and I don't know which is correct.