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Thank you David and Carl for your replies.
Carl, I got smitten tracking Vesta in February, so it is indeed something that I would like to systematically do. I drew sketches as far as possible for 10 days (February 15 to 25 inc) before I lost track of it. To gain experience in this type of astronomy and tracking on a more serious level, I thought I could use a simple digital camera to begin with and record, albeit crudely, the location of the celestial bodies and observe their shifting. I accept this idea won't work. It appears though that I overestimated the abilities of a common digital camera and I need a dedicated/sophisticated ccd unit obviously attached to a bigger aperture scope. Be that as it may, as I am limited to mags 4-6 for the moment, I'll keep tracking what I can until I purchase more aperture and the basic equipment for this type of observation. Additional advice/comments for someone in my position is more than welcome.
Thanks again.
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