Motorized Barn Door Mount Plans

Barn door photography systems have been around for years.

Motorized barn door mount plans.

A manuscript entitled affordable astrophotography with a motorized barn door is available for download. While this article discusses building a simple single arm version you can create some advanced versions that include electric motors and driver boards to control them. Types of barn door trackers. 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.

A mean sidereal day is 23 hours 56 minutes 4 0916 seconds 23 9344696 hours this is the. There are a few different variations of a barn door tracker also known as a scotch mount or haig. The mount i constructed is motorized. 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. Build a motorized barn door tracker. Inexpensive and budget friendly it is useful for people interested in astrophotography but not ready to spend on expensive equipment. The nyx tracker is a motorized barn door tracker used for astrophotography.

The motor was sourced from american science and surplus for about 2 50 and is a 1 rpm ac motor.