Barn Door Star Tracker Kit

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Barn door star tracker kit.

Reliabilt 96 in bronze top mount barn door kit. A barn door tracker is a camera attachment camera mount used to capture long exposures of night sky images. Motorized barn door mount kit. Barn door hardware kit revamp online.

A barn door tracker also known as a haig or scotch mount is a device that slowly rotates a camera allowing it to track the stars so it can take long exposure photographs of the night sky. It is a simple but effective way of eliminating the star trail effect of night sky photography without expensive equipment. I feel competent enough to build a non motorized mount but the guides i have read on building a motorized mount and posts asking for advice on them all seems like gibberish to me. It s called the tangent error and here s how some of our favorite diy barn door trackers solved it.

The most compact tracking mount on the market it s also the least expensive. You can use any brand the crucial parameter is the distance from the centre of the hinge pin to the centre of the hole at the far end of the hinge which should be close to 7 3 16 inches 182mm. I am a university student who really enjoys astrophotography but i didn t want to spend a lot of money on a star tracker equatorial mount. The concept i used is called a barn door tracker.

After spending most of the past few days looking i was wondering if someone could possibly guide me to a kit for a motorized barn door mount. The nyx tracker is a motorized barn door star tracking astrophotography mount designed for those who want accurate widefield tracking without breaking the bank. The heart of my tracker is a heavy duty 8 inch strap hinge made by stanley hardware. Posted in atm optics and diy forum.

Gary seronik s analog barn door tracker but there s a catch.