Motorized GoTo and Tracking Dob Mount

[COLOR="Maroon"][/COLOR]I was wondering if anyone knows of a motorized true GoTo and Tracking Platform for a Dob/Reflector that can be purchased separately without the Scope. One ware I can put my 8" Dob into it and use it out of the box per say. I am not talking about Encoders, Steppers or Digital Setting Circles but a fully motorized GoTo and Tracking System for Dob's that are all inclusive. A complete system that I could buy pre assembled ready to take out of the box per say and put my 8" in and is ready to go without having to do anything to it but put my Scope in it, align it put in a NGC number push enter and it does the rest. I see Orion Telescopes have put there Dobs on a Motorized GoTo Tracking System but they don't offer the Mount separately and when contacted they say they have no plans to do so in the near future.

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Mike White
Long Beach,
CA. 90805-3530
U.S.A.
N 33* 51' 46.3
W -118* 10' 39.4
Affiliations,
Sidewalk Astronomers
http://tinyurl.com/352zap
Los Angeles Astronomical Society
http://tinyurl.com/yrk4pd

Yes, you can install a ServoCat system, you would want a ServoCat Junior for that size. That with an Argo Navis would be the ticket.

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Sounds like the Tom Osypowski EQ platform might fit your bill.....

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Michael

I don't know of any product that offers all the features you request, out of the box goto/tracking that requires no mods to your current base. Eq platforms offer tracking but not goto, goto systems require installation on your existing rig.

In general, such systems are more expensive than even a good quality 8 inch dob so they are reserved for larger Scopes.

The affordable goto tracking for and 8 inch is a GEM like an CG5 ASGT.

Jon