Re: [APML]: Scotch Mount or Piggyback

["Tom Krajci" <krajcit@det5wg57.barksdale.af.mil>]

> From:          Ted Slotwinski <t2n@earthlink.net>
 

> 3)  Would it be better just to build some sort of piggyback mount for my
> SCT?   If so, are there any good plans out there? 

Depends on how hard core you are about having a portable, hand 
powered rig for astrophotography.  My barn door drive disassembles 
and fits in my duffle bag.  I took it with me when I deployed this 
spring to Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia and took hand guided 
shots of Hale-Bopp with 50 through 200mm lenses.  (Too bad the sky 
was so @#! dusty out there!)

Hard to do that with a typical SCT and equatorial mount.  ;-)

Tom Krajci

Capt Tom Krajci
B-52 Intelligence Officer
"In God we trust, all others we monitor!"
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