Making a Dobsonian EQ-mounted & motorised

[EA2007]

Hey kids,

Wondering if it is 'easy' (money and effort wise) to make a Celestron Starhopper 8 inch setup Equatorially mounted and then allow it to be motorised?

If it is, what equipment would I need? Not particularly thinking about having goto or anything like that, a simple sidereal motor to track the sky is all I am really after as I can find most things myself.

Cheers

[Andrew*]

stick some >200mm rings* on it and slap it on an >EQ5 and off ya go! Simple as that!

*measure the circumference, divide by pi and find rings that size.

Andrew

[EA2007]

Hee hee,

What I meant was without using an EQ mount such as an EQ-5 or EQ-6, I mean, can I create somekind of DIY wedge that would be relitively cheaper that lashing out £400+ on a EQ mount.....

[Andrew*]

sorry! :oops:

didn't mean to patronise!

Andrew

[EA2007]

No worries! I shall probably end up getting a proper EQ mount, but was wondering if it was at all feasible to make a dob EQ mounted and motorised

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

The thing you want is a dob platform. I think Gaz had/has one? Astroman has one for his monster as well.

Kaptain Klevtsov