larry brockman
30-01-2007, 12:05 AM
Hello to all,
I’m a new old guy that has rekindled his interest in Astronomy. After many years of running my business , being too busy, on the move etc. Don’t let this happen to you. My interest started 52 years ago. And what is available today for young Astronomers is incredible. Ice In Space is a great opportunity. From the Forum Exchanges I have read it is most impressive.
Three years ago I bought a CR-150 with manual drives. I built a custom fabricated tri-pod as the one supplied was too shaky to carry all that weight. I have collected various accessories to use with it. I have had some fun with this, however, its lack of portability is a problem. Unfortunately I’m not in a situation where I can leave it set up. I also have 25X100 Binoculars that I designed and fabricated a counter weighted parallelogram mounting. I set it up on the old Aluminium Tripod that the CR-150 came on. It’s a great set up and easy to use with great portability. Astro Photography is something I am interested in, however, know little about it and what hardware would work with what I have.
From what I have read on the Forum I suffer from what many seem to also," alining the celestial south pole" I know I have read some procedures that sound easy, however, from my back yard in suburban Melbourne, lining up 6th magnitude stars is challenging. The drift method sounds good but I don’t think there are enough hours of darkness to achieve it.
In the near future I will post some specific questions to see if anyone can assist me.
Best regards to all Larry Brockman :help:
I’m a new old guy that has rekindled his interest in Astronomy. After many years of running my business , being too busy, on the move etc. Don’t let this happen to you. My interest started 52 years ago. And what is available today for young Astronomers is incredible. Ice In Space is a great opportunity. From the Forum Exchanges I have read it is most impressive.
Three years ago I bought a CR-150 with manual drives. I built a custom fabricated tri-pod as the one supplied was too shaky to carry all that weight. I have collected various accessories to use with it. I have had some fun with this, however, its lack of portability is a problem. Unfortunately I’m not in a situation where I can leave it set up. I also have 25X100 Binoculars that I designed and fabricated a counter weighted parallelogram mounting. I set it up on the old Aluminium Tripod that the CR-150 came on. It’s a great set up and easy to use with great portability. Astro Photography is something I am interested in, however, know little about it and what hardware would work with what I have.
From what I have read on the Forum I suffer from what many seem to also," alining the celestial south pole" I know I have read some procedures that sound easy, however, from my back yard in suburban Melbourne, lining up 6th magnitude stars is challenging. The drift method sounds good but I don’t think there are enough hours of darkness to achieve it.
In the near future I will post some specific questions to see if anyone can assist me.
Best regards to all Larry Brockman :help: