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Dec 22, 2018 11:16:16 #
bgrn wrote:
I have spent the last several months looking into ... (show quote)
Several years ago I found myself with the same 'bug.' I spent months swaying back and forth between Meade and Celestron Telescopes. I'd still love to have one, but eventually came to my senses (? Well, a little, anyway...) and opted for something more economical. I invested in a barn door tracker - an AstroTrac TT320X. (There are many, many brands available, and some you can build yourself.) They have some limitations, but it works just fine for me! It mounts onto my Manfrotto tripod with a ball head. I bought a 12V Jumpstarter to power the thing. Finally, acquired Deep Sky Stacker and Star Tools software to post process the images. Works just fine!
In no way do my results compare to those of high end astrophotography, but I have fun with it!
Dec 22, 2018 11:31:02 #
Michael1079 wrote:
Several years ago I found myself with the same 'bu... (show quote)
mmm, interesting system
Dec 22, 2018 12:01:12 #
Dec 23, 2018 00:45:14 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
I have to drive 4+ hours from Los Angeles before I can get dark skies. And often, when I arrive and set up, the Earth will not cooperate. Clouds, fog and mist, even rain once. But, when it does, and everything comes together there is nothing more pleasing than the result.
Taking an image is one thing, but being out there to take images is everything.
Taking an image is one thing, but being out there to take images is everything.
^^^ this. It is 2 hours for me.
Dec 23, 2018 01:09:15 #
bgrn wrote:
I have spent the last several months looking into ... (show quote)
There are so many things one can try doing with astrophotography. Some can be done with a camera and different lenses. A tracker helps a lot. You can do night scenes with foreground objects and a star field behind you object. You can capture meteors. Or star trails. Many nebula are large enough capture with medium telephoto lenses. Or you can see comets. Trackers for doing these things are fairly inexpensive. As you step up the game and start to invest in telescopes and big, heavy duty trackers, that is when the cost goes up, as well as the time commitments. I have 4 different telescopes for the type of objects I want to look at.
Dec 23, 2018 17:36:04 #
crushr13
Loc: Sacramento, CA
I think that the comet with the Japanese name you might have been thinking of is Hyakutake. It was in the sky around March of 1996, and really beautiful.
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