My telescope mount gave out during a clear night last month

I was out at a dark spot near Flagstaff and the motor just seized up on my mount halfway through a 3-hour exposure. I had to manually track Jupiter for the rest of the night with a rubber band trick I saw online. Has anyone else had a motor fail mid-session and rigged a fix on the spot?

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lisa_ross1614d ago

Oh man, I used to think those rubber band tricks were just for old timers who refused to buy new gear. Then my motor locked up during a cold night in March and I had to tape a weight to the slow motion cable to keep tracking. It actually worked well enough to finish my shot. Now I keep a spare rubber band and some tape in my kit just in case.

taylor_patel14d ago

Isn't it funny how those hacky fixes actually work better than what you pay for? @lisa_ross16 my aunt still uses a bent paperclip to reset her wifi router because the button broke. She tried buying a new one but the paperclip gets the job done faster. Sometimes the cheap stuff outlasts the fancy gear.