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Heavy Duty Planetary Astro Tracker

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!!!Updated Version!!!
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4889007

I wanted a 3D printed star tracker that could handle a bigger lens and camera. Even though the stepper motor is very tiny, because of the gear reduction it's capable of handling a bit of load.

Assuming perfect conditions, the torque output is over 200 ft-lbs!!!

There is a fair bit of backlash, just keep the camera loaded between the 10-11 o'clock position when looking at the output face.

The picture of the blood-moon was taken with an 800mm lens with a 30 seconds exposure. There is a little star trailing, but that's probably due to poor polar alignment.

Have fun!
Source
Thingiverse
What you need to print this: Beginner Low confidence
Single piece
Supports 1/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 0/3
Post-process 0/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
PLA, TPU
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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