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Old 23-02-2017, 08:19 AM
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Why all the fuss?
I just use the simple camera technique -
turning star trails from a V shape into a line.
( pressing West then East on x 1 speed for 20 to 40 seconds )
It takes only a few minutes if you pre-align with a compass.

cheers
Allan


A reader asked me to clarify - so here's a link:

http://www.observatory.digital-sf.co...nt_CCDv1-1.pdf

But of course for our latitude in Australia we point North not South.

cheers
Allan
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