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Somebody motorized a horn telescope

An independent Instructables build that borrowed the DSPIRA horn design and put it on a motorized mount

Equipment and preparation · Optional activity
Equipment
A browser for the project reference. Reproducing the build requires a horn telescope and the linked motorization parts.
Before you start
Treat this as an optional extension. Review the external build instructions after completing a working telescope.
Planning your time
Review the tasks before scheduling a class. A classroom duration has not been confirmed for this lesson.

Teaching guidance

A twenty-three step Instructables build of an automated radio telescope. On the antenna, the author is direct about where it came from:

So, the first part of the project was making an antenna to improve the signal. I could have used a typical satellite dish, and it would probably work, but I used the design from DSPIRA.

What the DSPIRA lessons do not cover is pointing the thing by machine. This build adds a motorized mount and its drive. It provides a next step after turning the horn manually and recording angles.

Automated Radio Telescope, on Instructables

Published May 2020. If you build on it, the forum is the place to say how it went.

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All 4 lessons in Community Labs Published May 25, 2020