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Old 28-12-2015, 09:27 PM
caj1311 (Cindi)
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Location: Childers, Queensland, Australia
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Hi Malcolm,
I am the proud but somewhat bemused owner of a Celestron CGEM DX mount with a Celestron 1100EdgeHD OTA (Did I use the right abbreviation LOL?). It has other exciting goodies like a SkySync GPS and a set of eyepieces and filters. It is absolutely enormous and weighs a tonne. He also got me the "Astronomy 2016 Australia" book which has been very informative. In terms of the photography I intend using my DSLR (Nikon D810), but want to get the basics of astronomy at least sort of sorted before I try taking photos. Of course we have had overcast skies since Christmas, so I am champing at the bit. I got to take it out one night and got some great views of the moon, but could not get the alignment right for the computerised tracking to look for anything else. I have been reading a lot since then and I think I now have a much better idea of what to do, so just want a clear night to give it another go. Looking forward to it all!
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