Re: Observatory Mounts
- From: "Joe S." <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:45:24 -0400
"Macro" <marcus.jesus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What observatory mounts could be used for a Dobsdonian that could be
computer controlled?
The term "Dobsonian" describes a mount, not a telescope. What we commonly
call a "Dobsonian reflector," a "Dobsonian," or a "Dob" is actually a
Newtonian reflector on a Dobsonian mount.
If you want to use a reflector in your observatory, you could mount it on a
motor-driven equatorial mount.
Go to the Orion Telescopes website and look at their reflector scopes:
These are "Dobsonians:"
http://www.telescope.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY&itemID=9
And these are reflectors mounted on equatorial or alt-az mounts (except for
the StarBlast, which is a miniature Dob):
http://www.telescope.com/jump.jsp?itemID=8&itemType=CATEGORY&iMainCat=4&iSubCat=8&page=2&itemList=&oldList=
The optical tube assemblies (OTA) are the very same for the Dobs or for the
equatorial mounted scopes.
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