A camera is mounted on the top board usually with some sort of ball joint to allow the camera to be pointed in any direction.
Double arm barn door tracker.
The 6x30 mm finder scope is parallel to the hinges so it can be.
A double arm mount offers much greater accuracy than conventional designs.
To use it the tracker is set up in the field so that the hinges are aligned with the earth s axis of rotation.
Double arm barn door tracker.
Calculation of drive arm length.
The hinge is aligned with a celestial pole and the boards are then driven apart or together at a constant rate usually by turning a.
For some of my longer exposures i use this device which can track the motion of the stars across the sky while the image is being made.
His paper a mathematical analysis of the double arm barn door drive appears on pages 155 160 of the december 1988 monthly notices of the astronomical society of south africa.
Sky telescope february 1988 p213 p214.
Signal frequencies on cmos 4024 pins.
Construction plans for a star tracker.
How to build a double arm barn door tracker jefferson lab home page science education home page construction notes photos page sources.
An inexpensive route to astrophotography has long been the scotch mount also known as the barn door drive after its appearance or the haig mount after its inventor.
Sky telescope april 1989 p436 p441 very good.
Original concept by dave trott.
First cut the 500mm length in half and mount the hinge.