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Owen
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Re: DIY Wedge + Alt-Az
07/03/08 10:21 AM
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This is a job for Lego.
Specifically the mindstorms NXT brick.
Full robotic control, easy to develop interface, and now with Blue-Tooth conectivity... That takes care of many of the headaches...
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One of the Flickr groups led me to a page for what looks like an astronomy conference (http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/hotwired/). From there, I read through the Agenda to find the presentation by the telescope's creator (http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/hotwired/program/presentations/HTU_threadsafe.pdf). I also had to do a little sleuthing, but it also looks like the presenter is tied to a Virtual Observatory project (http://nvo.noao.edu/).
from
http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com/2007/06/nxt-telescope.html
PDF of the concept, with better pictures
http://www.noao.edu/noao/noaonews/mar08/pdf/93dpp.pdf
Thats enough food for thought.
Owen
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