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Originally Posted by robz
Hey Rob, ................I've still got some of those vintage books and marvel at what was being done in astrophotography, spectroscopy and solar viewing in those days.
I remember once seeing a book in our state reference library with heaps of photos of advanced film astrophotography set ups.
It was mind boggling!!! 
Astro cameras made from Zeiss, Schneider lenses, Schmidt cameras..........you name it!............all piggy backed to the blazes on scopes of varying sizes and types.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh............the good ol' days...........  |
I still get a wide smile on my face on the first slew of every night when my HEQ purrs toward the first object. No Mercedes, but I feel so privledged to have it all under electronic control, CCD sensitivity, digital processing. Sure beats my Tasco 'EQ 0.5' mount from 1979.Someone may have already mentioned on IIS, but there's a monster thread on CN's about the Ioptron EQ45:
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea...l/fpart/1/vc/1