Types of barn door trackers.
Motorized barn door mount plans.
A manuscript entitled affordable astrophotography with a motorized barn door is available for download.
What follows are instructions for building a simple motorized barn door photographic system for taking pictures of the night time sky.
This tracking mount follows the stars as they move through the sky.
Inexpensive and budget friendly it is useful for people interested in astrophotography but not ready to spend on expensive equipment.
Barn door photography systems have been around for years.
The nyx tracker is a motorized barn door tracker used for astrophotography.
Build a motorized barn door tracker.
There are a few different variations of a barn door tracker also known as a scotch mount or haig.
The motor was sourced from american science and surplus for about 2 50 and is a 1 rpm ac motor.
Singer controls division model 414 349 20 115v 60 hz 3w 1 rpm cw.
Mostly hand tools were used with the exception of a mitre saw to get the ends for the hinge.
I am not aware of a stock number but the motor is marked as follows.
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