Archive for September 2007


Motorized Star Tracker

September 16th, 2007 — 9:35pm

A sidereal (L. “of the stars”) tracker is a camera mount that turns at exactly the speed of rotation of the earth but in the other direction, so the stars appear stationary. This allows long exposures of the stars — up to 3 hours with this one. Continue reading »

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