How to Build a Star Tracking System for Under $20 - Full Version

Here I go through the complete process with a narrative and a few visual aids to show you the steps involved in the process, and some pitfalls you can avoid to make the process of building your own star tracker easier.

I based this project off the information obtained from this site on how to build a basic leaf or book-style star tracker:

http://people.rit.edu/andpph/text-star-tracker.html

This method was picked because of its simplicity and cost-effectiveness. More complex (and also more accurate ways) are also covered well on other sites - this is just a basic primer. Please feel free to share your own links of resources that take interested parties into the advanced realm. Thanks for stopping in, and please feel free to comment either here or on the blog: www.canonblogger.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• astrophotography
• star tracker
• cheap
• leaf-style
• door-style astronomy
• photography
• DIY

[hangerbird]

doesn't this have to be polar aligned?

[CanonBlogger]

@hangerbird If you want perfect alignment, yes...most exposures under an hour won't show much deviation

[punkmanmatthew]

Does any tripod work and also on the top does that mount for the camera come with the tripod or is that something else? Thanks

[SaturnAndItsRings]

Is this the same thing as a autoguider?

[wester144]

he actually tought me how to use a spanner wow cheers mate i needed a video for that

[wester144]

did he mention the words star tracker???

[DEBAS441]

i want real experyans



[mamolian]

Awesome cheers for the upload mate.