Motorized Barn Door Mount Plans

The mount i constructed is motorized.

Motorized barn door mount plans.

Build a motorized barn door tracker. Types of barn door trackers. A mean sidereal day is 23 hours 56 minutes 4 0916 seconds 23 9344696 hours this is the. A manuscript entitled affordable astrophotography with a motorized barn door is available for download.

I am not aware of a stock number but the motor is marked as follows. This tracking mount follows the stars as they move through the sky. Mostly hand tools were used with the exception of a mitre saw to get the ends for the hinge. What follows are instructions for building a simple motorized barn door photographic system for taking pictures of the night time sky.

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. There are a few different variations of a barn door tracker also known as a scotch mount or haig. 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.