What is a bit of a shame is that the Explorer 130 lacks a motor drive because telescopes using equatorial mounts are ideal for astrophotography. For example, attaching a camera to a telescope on a ...

Having already motorized the two axes of the equatorial mount of his modest telescope as a senior project ... His first inclination was to use a stepper motor like he did on the other two ...

An equatorial table ... but not even the telescope needs to be that expensive. A Dobsonian telescope can be put together fairly quickly sometimes using off-the-shelf parts from IKEA.

Equatorial mounts are aligned with the celestial ... as well as the dovetail and rings or clamps you use to attach the ...