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Since the late 1970s, equatorial platforms have permitted Dobsonian telescopes to track equatorially. Equatorial platforms tend to keep to the same ATM philosophy as that of the Dobsonian mount: simple and buildable with basic workshop tools. Chuck Shaw has improved upon the original platform of Adrien Poncet to enable accurate tracking and guiding for photography and CCD imaging.
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Shaw, C. (1999). Equatorial Platforms. In: Tonkin, S.F. (eds) Amateur Telescope Making. Practical Astronomy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0567-1_9
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