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Originally Posted by xelasnave
Wow Jenifur you are way ahead of me
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Hardly.
My little scope has no alt or az scales marked on it, so I needed to figure out how to be able to measure those for comparing where the scope was pointing, in comparison to the data on the target, in Stellarium and Sky Safari.
The phone sensors are good enough to get that job done. Which means it should also work for lining up the scope on a target I can't see with my naked eyes. Unfortunately with the storms Brisbane has at present, doing that has to wait.
Using a phone with the suitable sensors and apps, and a tablet with the appropriate apps, is a device combination any beginner should be able to make use of for lining up a scope on a target.
A tablet is nice and big for reading the info on. A phone is small enough for using on the scope itself to line things up.
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so I guess all you need is a dark site
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I'd love to be able to get to and from a proper dark site, or even just somewhere that's Bortle 4 or 5.
I had to hunt up the info on Google to learn why I could see so little with my own eyes. It's why I now know about the Bortle scale, and its impact, all too well.
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You would kill it in the bush I bet.
If you have a tent you are more than welcome at my dark site...
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No drivers license, so I'd need transport to and from any real dark site.
I use a
rollator walker to help me get around due to arthritis in knees and ankles. Even when folded up, the rollator pretty well completely fills the boot of a car. Then there's the chair I set up my scope on, and the scope itself (you can see both in the pic on all my posts), which would fill the back seat of the car.
The arthritis makes it impossible to get down low enough for using camping stuff, so a tent and camping bed is out.