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Old 08-03-2013, 10:21 PM
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cazza132 (Troy Casswell)
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Thanks ving and Larryp

ving: I never could have done this without guiding. About 2.5s without tracking for 200mm. I was able to do 120s with the AstroTrac without accurate setup!

I didn't accurately line up celestial south because there were trees in the way. Used a dodgy compass and set up the incline for my latitude. I tried 8 min exposures, and the stars trailed and therefore unusable, so I found my limits for the night.

The setup worked great, but sensitive to vibration - even touching the remote timer. Lucky there wasn't to much breeze
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