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Old 08-07-2012, 10:33 AM
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If you can learn drift aligning etc... spend a couple of nights getting it as near to exact as you can, mark the placement of tripod legs etc, if it's portable. Then once you setup again each night you will only need to spend a few minutes getting the alignment. As long as you dont move the EQhead in altitude and setup the tripod the same way ie. Level. Then if will take many minutes off you setting up each time. I used to use three paving squares with marks on them I put the tripod legs onto. These squares were recessed into my lawn so I could go over them with the lawn mower and didn't move... Very handy if you just spend the time a few nights to set it up and dont worry about catching photons, the objects wont be going anywhere in a hurry... (except for cloud cover).
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