I want to point a telescope at certain coordinates that I put into a program. I have the telescope mount, I just need the motors. Should I use: 12V geared DC motors with optical position sensor OR stepper motors with no position sensor, but using software to count the steps My two worries are: …

Telescope pan / tilt - stepper motors or DC motors with optical sensor?

lastchancename April 22, 2018, 9:31pm 8

That motor+gearbox looks great.

You’ve got some fun times ahead.