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yes, minutes!!
But I didn't even test the tracker with my 12mm lens, yet.
Light pollution and, in Summer, astronomical twighlight never ending here on 54* North isn't an invitation for long exposures, aye.
But days quickly get shorter now and I'm so looking forward to spending more time out there.
So when you "found" Sculptor you just sort of knew it would be there, somewhere?
You couldn't see it through the LiveView/view finder from your Melbourne suburb, could you?
Well, I am not that familiar with the skies up here, yet.
Aiming and hoping something will turn up on the chip was my approach in my test runs. And I didn't capture anything although I should have gotten a glimpse of Andromeda or the North America Nebula which were both sort of overhead.
But nope, nothing.
NOW I've just ordered the Finder Scope solution for my setup: a 14cm Arca Swiss compatible plate for my ballhead with 2 1/4" screws and a Baader RDF to mount lens and RDF side by side.
Astro twilight ends at 9.11pm on Thursday. Ha! Andromeda, here I come!
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