Set a Dobsonian on an Equatorial Platform and experience instant motorized tracking! Wherever you point, you're tracking - smoothly, precisely - without losing stability, ease of operation or portability.

New quartz drive is now standard on the Compact Platform. Runs on a single 9V battery (included) for a long time. It offers quiet and precise tracking. Reasonably priced from: $975.00 (plus crating/shipping and CA sales tax, if applicable). See price list for details.

An equatorial platform or equatorial table is an equatorial telescope mount in the form of a specially designed platform that allows any device sitting on it to track astronomical objects in the sky on an equatorial axis. [1]

Here we'll going to show you how to build a motorised equatorial platform able to track the sky for an extended period (approximately one hour) before you need to adjust your scope. Jigsaw, …

Our Equatorial Platforms are precision tracking devices for Dobsonian Telescopes. They are true equatorial mounts, though at first glance that is hard to believe. They certainly don’t LOOK like a normal German or Fork mount. Actually, these Platforms are very similar in operating principal to a Split-ring or Horseshoe equatorial mount.

My observing buddy, Gregg Blandin, is producing a low-profile all-aluminum equatorial platform. He is offering three models: The Crossbow EQT-150SC for scopes up to 150 pounds ; The Crossbow EQT-200 for scopes up to 200 pounds

The answer is the equatorial platform or equatorial table, which serves as a tracking platform for the Dobsonian telescope. The design of such platforms was first described by Adrien Poncet and later further pushed by Alan Gee and Georges d'Autume (see below).

With the Dobson platform AERTHA, Geoptik offers a high-end solution for large Dobsonian telescopes. The platform is made of metal and convinces with precise workmanship, a powerful motor and precise tracking. A highlight of the platform is the …

The equatorial platform offered by Spacewalk Telescopes is suitable for dobsonian telescopes up to the size of 20“ and up to a weight of 80kg. Telescopes of any manufacturer can be used with this platform as long as they meet those three criteria.

An equatorial platform, or EQ platform for short, is a squat, flat, motor-driven table that sits underneath the Dob base and gradually pivots the scope at the exact rate needed to counteract the apparent motion of the stars. When you use an EQ platform, you continue to point the Dob normally, moving it in altitude and azimuth to locate objects.