RE: ATM Question about mounts and astrophotography?

[Alan Salmon <asalmon@mat.army.defence.gov.au>]

>     I'd like to so some simple photograpy using my 10" f4.5, but it's a 
>     Dob, so I'm needing a mount of some sort.  I have looked at the Dob 
>     Driver info, and this seems great.  But here is my basic question:
>     
>        I want to be able to do around 5 - 15 minute exposures for 
>     starters.  About how much does it cost to build the Dob Driver, and is 
>     it generally consistent enough for photograpy?  Would it be easier 

Have a look at the article in S&T Sept 96 p.81. The guy says the total cost was about 
$200. They also supply his email address so you may be able to "talk" to him to get 
firsthand info. It might be possible to "scale up" the mount to suit the additional 
weight and moment of the bigger scope.