first barn door tracker shot

[Tadakun]

result of my test run with my Barn door tracker that I built today with my father-in-law. Thank god he's a carpenter because i didn't have to pay a dime and I had all the necessary tools on hand.

here's the tracker

and here's the first shot

canon 30d w 18-55mm

60sec @ f5.8

1 exposure processed in CS3

vs no tracking

[RogerTheDodger]

That's pretty cool!

[MaCross]

Way to go! Fantastic handywork and shot!

[Tadakun]

Way to go! Fantastic handywork and shot!

thank you! I must say the band saw is super fun to use as long as you respect it

i found i need to go back amd add a mount for a light so i can see my wheel and mount a stop watch or something. but it works so well. ill add a shot i took to see what it would look like untracked.

[Psychobilly]

Nicely made and a super result

[Digz]

Nicely done. Well made and it works!!! Is it manually wound or have you fitted a clock drive?

[ollieholt]

i shall have to do some reading on these barn door trackers.... how do they work?

[barkis]

Looks fantastic, and the results just verify the usefulness of these devices. Great capture of Orion too.

Ron.

[Tadakun]

Nicely done. Well made and it works!!! Is it manually wound or have you fitted a clock drive?

manual drive, each line on the wheel is 30 degrees. 30 degrees every 5 seconds is the rate of turn.

[steppenwolf]

Very impressive indeed - I love to see results like this from such simple equipment. Nicely constructed too, can we see some more pictures of the tracker itself?

[gazza666]

60 seconds thats one full turn of the wheel

how did you align the mount

[geordieskies]

Brilliant! I don't suppose he's making any to sell?

[Tadakun]

60 seconds thats one full turn of the wheel

how did you align the mount

point hinge toward polaris. I JUST modified it to add a light for the wheel and scope so I can easily align the hinge to polaris. I'll post new picture tonight.

[Tadakun]

Brilliant! I don't suppose he's making any to sell?

I made it its really simple to make and cost maybe 10 bucks total.

[Tadakun]

Very impressive indeed - I love to see results like this from such simple equipment. Nicely constructed too, can we see some more pictures of the tracker itself?

I just just just modified it and took more pictures I'll add them to the thread later tonight or tomorrow.

[Tadakun]

Very impressive indeed - I love to see results like this from such simple equipment. Nicely constructed too, can we see some more pictures of the tracker itself?

I made a thread about it here

http://stargazerslounge.com/diy-astronomer/132439-first-barn-door-tracker.html

have a gander I got a new shot in, I'm making a thread as we speak

and if you didnt see it I got an official shot tonight

http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-widefield-special-events-comets/132612-2nd-shot-barn-door.html#post1721448

sorry I'm too much I'm pretty excited at the outcome!

[steppenwolf]

Thanks for the images of the tracking unit, just what I wanted to see!

[Tinker1947]

Not used one but have a Nikon on Order,

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[Chris]

love it!