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Originally Posted by marki
Ron I always have two scopes setup, one controlled by computer auto routines snapping pics and a second for visual obs. Problem is where I live a combination of LP and heavy particulates (8km from CBD 100m from the freeway) washout and scatter the light from the universe so much that I can rarely see very much at all, even when the moon is not about. I envy you and your clean dark skies but until I retire this will not be possible for me. I agree that getting all the bits and pieces for long exposure AP can at times be tiresome, but most folks seem to have no such problem with video cameras like the Gstar as they have nowhere near the requirements of long exposure AP. I am not sure why visual astronomers are so adament that people who take pics are not the real deal, especially those who are reduced to narrowband images to see anything worthwhile due to the rotten skies they live under. Without these bits and pieces many of us would just find something else to do as starring at the LP and smog domes that encapsulate most cities offers little for an active and enquiring mind.
Mark
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I agree with so much of what you say here Mark. It was just a revelation for me how much I could do with a pollution filter and DSLR from the backyard.
However, me thinks Ron is also having a bit of a lend of us here - I know damn well he used to do quite a bit of film astroP in days gone by
