10-inch Newtonian, first as a Dob,
then a Motorized Equitorial

Built by Matt Sztanko of Essex, UK

"Many years ago I built my own 10” Dobsonian telescope. I then built a motorized equatorial mount to put the 10” onto. Since then I have also used the mount to do deep sky imaging and have yet to start imaging the planets with the 10” which I’m looking forward to."

The original 10-inch tube on a classic Dobsonian mount.	The original 10-inch tube on a home made motorized mount.	Details of the Motorized Mount, with auxiliary refractors mounted on either side of the 10-inch tube.
Looking up from the ground at the tube (note cooling fan) and the mount.	Side view of Mount and Tube; you can see the counterweights in this view.	A good view of the mirror cell & latitude adjuster

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