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Hi James. I've reconsidered your question and suggest that Jerry Lodriguss - you can find him on-line - provides some very practical advice for beginners.
I started a few years ago with a compact camera mounted on a barn door drive fixed to a workbench facing a window that gave me views to the west and north west. Then I progressed to a tripod and more recently a telescope and GEM.
The images I've taken to date, are not spectacular, not even very interesting, but in the process I learned useful concepts, basic to AP - and worked out how to polar align with live view with no pole in sight.
A tripod, camera and lens is a good starting point. Maybe a barn door mount. Work on the basics. Jerry Lodriguss provides easy to follow beginner tutorials on-line.
This was a good starting point for me. No huge outlay, or buying equipment that disappoints and puts a hole in your pocket. If you decide you really like AP, the cost of good equipment is justified.
Hope this helps.
Rowland.
Last edited by rcheshire; 22-06-2010 at 03:52 AM.
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