The mount i constructed is motorized.
Motorized barn door mount plans.
The nyx tracker is a motorized barn door tracker used for astrophotography.
Inexpensive and budget friendly it is useful for people interested in astrophotography but not ready to spend on expensive equipment.
Types of barn door trackers.
This tracking mount follows the stars as they move through the sky.
A mean sidereal day is 23 hours 56 minutes 4 0916 seconds 23 9344696 hours this is the.
Build a motorized barn door tracker.
What follows are instructions for building a simple motorized barn door photographic system for taking pictures of the night time sky.
Mostly hand tools were used with the exception of a mitre saw to get the ends for the hinge.
A manuscript entitled affordable astrophotography with a motorized barn door is available for download.
Barn door photography systems have been around for years.
Fortunately if you don t have the money to purchase a 1 000 equatorial mount but still want to take long exposure astrophotography the diy barn door tracking mount above will enable you to.
I am not aware of a stock number but the motor is marked as follows.
The motor was sourced from american science and surplus for about 2 50 and is a 1 rpm ac motor.