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Old 10-02-2020, 03:57 PM
noswonky (Peter)
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I like the instant results you get with a video or high frame rate camera. I mainly use my video system for occultation observations, however it can also be used for real-time deep sky or planetary views.

Here’s an example I recorded recently - a ‘sky tour’ of some deep sky targets in almost real time:



It's also good for real time events such as the recent occultation of Saturn by the moon:



Technical details are in the video descriptions if you click through to YouTube.
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