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Old 01-10-2010, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by michaellxv View Post
You can't choose the weather on a moonless night.
You can't control surrounding light sources.
You can't stop your own family from turning lights on in the house.
You can't drive 100Km to a dark site every night.

A portable obs helps make the most of available conditions and at 10% the cost of a permanant obs is well worth the effort.
... and my favorite from people walking around the scope tripod at night:
"oh! Sorry... is that your cable I tripped on?... You 're not imaging right now are you?" .... not anymore
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