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DarkSkySeeker
Explorer
Aug 08, 2018

The need to (or not) carefully track the sun for solar

Can anyone give me technical guidance on the need (or not) to turn my solar panels to track the sun for best performance? Is solar collection highly optimized by nudging the panels along or creat...
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profdant139
Explorer II
Aug 09, 2018
DarkSkySeeker, I would bet that you could acquire an equatorial telescope mount with a stepping motor and then adapt it for this project.

Plus you could then use it for landscape astrophotography -- double-duty!!

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