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Old 08-08-2014, 08:35 AM
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Vixen Polarie

Hi all,

I'm sure there have been similar posts before. I did try and do a forum wide search for any posts to do with the Polarie and found bits and pieces...but not really enough info!

I have done research elsewhere and even downloaded the manual to have a read through. All seems pretty straight forward as far as I can tell, use the polar sight hole to align the Polarie to the South Celestial Pole (I'm sure that will take a bit of trial and error ) then point to where you want to shoot, set the usual setting and the speed of the tracking and start shooting (but please correct me if I'm wrong ).

I'm thinking the Polarie will be a great beginner's tool for getting into astrophotography. In the past I've simply been using my wide angle lens using 30 sec exposures or doing hours of time lapse to create astro videos. I really want to expand my horizons with something reasonably straight forward and versatile so I can take it wherever I go!

Just really wanting to gather everyone's experiences using the Polarie as I'm pretty much set on getting one and if they've noticed any draw backs, things they didn't like about it etc.

Am thinking of purchasing from www.astroshop.com.au.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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