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G'Day folks.
First post, long time lurker, long time stargazer.
I use a set of 3 19" lcds hooked up to the one computer. Each screen is 1280x1024 for a frightening desktop resolution of 3840x1024. This enables me to run 3 applications full screen - multitasking at it's very finest.
Given that many video cards nowadays have multiple monitor outputs, it is well worth connecting up that old CRT you've got sitting in the garage doing nothing as a second monitor.
Imagers for example can use this kind of setup to have the image they are working on on the main screen, while all the palettes and toolbars that normally clutter the screen can be located on the secondary monitor.
I use my setup primarily for programming. Source code on one screen (the actual program code), SDK documentation on another screen (instructions on linking into directx for example), and email on a third screen. Studies have been done and prove that multiple screens do actually improve productivity over and above what a larger screen can give you.
Now I shall briefly introduce myself. Upon moving to the South Coast of NSW when i was 5, i very quickly developed an interest in stargazing. I soon got a pair of binoculars, and a small toy refractor. I pretty much stuck to the binoculars for 20 years.
Fast forward 22 years. Just recently i decided that enough was enough and I would stop spending money on the computer and that astronomy needed a fair go (see above description of my monitors).
I signed up to IceInSpace and did much reading in the forums and elsewhere on the internet on telescopes. Rather quickly the choice became clear. I purchased one of the perennial favourites amongst IceInSpacers, the 12" GSO Dob. I also upgraded my binoculars to a pair of 11x70s from AOE.
What an upgrade this has all proven to be. I still live on the South Coast of NSW. Constantly lugging the telescope between Wollongong and the Shoalhaven I have regular access to skies which certainly allow this light bucket to perform.
I must thank IceInSpacers for all the advice that I have been able to read, the choices that I have made based on that advice seem to have hit the nail on the head.
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