Building your own telescope

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#21

Awesome! @gvpaddy godspeed.

#22

Hi Sirā€¦ I am Santhosh from Chennaiā€¦ I am curious about your tracking mountā€¦

It has come out well??

I am hoping to build one tracking mount sirā€¦ your guidance will be helpfulā€¦

#23

HI Santhosh,

All manual work is done; but I could not motorise it yet, as one of the stepper drivers (TMC2130 V3) required for the OnStep solution I am planning to use is not available in India. I have placed an order with Aliexpress and waiting (43 days delivery time) for it, anxiously :slight_smile:

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#24

Wow! Thatā€™s great! @gvpaddy, Very curious to know if you completed it and how it has come up.

#25

@gvpaddy wow :heart: the mount is awesome :heart_eyes:

#26

Yes it had come well. But the tripod I have built is not that stable for the 6 inch OTA and the mount (shafts, gears,etc). So if it is windy I see a shake when I try astrophoto. For viewing it is great. Iā€™m planning to build a bigger tripod for more stability

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