Equatorial platform

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Ever since I tried to image the skies I have been plagued by the rotation of the earth. To counter this rotation you must have a mount for your camera or telescope that rotates in the opposite direction. Professionals use equatorial mounts, these precision instruments are quite pricey, in most cases more expensive than your telescope on its own. While looking for a cheaper way to build one myself I stumbled upon the designs for an equatorial platform. These platforms are an inexpensive way to emulate what a equatorial mount does. This document will contain the basic design choices, sources, explanation of the containing files for my attempt at making an equatorial mount. This was also made for a school course “open design” Make sure to check out the readme for specifications. Feel free to improve on this design, right to copy.