effron wrote: I'm from Los Angeles (grew up in Long Beach) now live in SW New Hampshire. I miss much about the west. Hot tip on night photography for people out there, the Owens river valley, south of Bishop....I haven't been there since I went digital.....
Ryan Obryan wrote: Hey Dave, just to clarify, you are talking about this one from Sky-Watcher: www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home...%2C&is=REG&A=details
right?
Eliffman wrote:
astrodave wrote: Like everything else in life there is a need to know a budget. If you have unlimited budget I have a $25k mobile observatory with everything already to go. Top of the line gear and mobile.
If not There are trackers for $300ish that work well at under 300mm.
Additionally one of the major issues is weight the mount can care. For some of us its the amount of weight we can care. My main astro mounts can carry 250 lbs but they weigh in at 120 lbs so they are a pain to lug about hence my observatories.
For a DLSR setup a Star Adventurer or an Astrotrac are pretty easy to use and track well up to about 15lbs. I'd recommend either of those to someone wanting to "dabble".
Just my $.02
That mobile observatory sounds so cool, is that something you tow?
Alex wrote:
effron wrote: I'm from Los Angeles (grew up in Long Beach) now live in SW New Hampshire. I miss much about the west. Hot tip on night photography for people out there, the Owens river valley, south of Bishop....I haven't been there since I went digital.....
No kidding! Do you get out here much? Heck if you do... hit me up, let's do lunch or Starbucks!
New Hampshire... are you out in the country?
effron wrote:
Alex wrote:
effron wrote: I'm from Los Angeles (grew up in Long Beach) now live in SW New Hampshire. I miss much about the west. Hot tip on night photography for people out there, the Owens river valley, south of Bishop....I haven't been there since I went digital.....
No kidding! Do you get out here much? Heck if you do... hit me up, let's do lunch or Starbucks!
New Hampshire... are you out in the country?
Kind of, but not far enough. A hundred miles to Boston, 240 to NY, and twelve to Keene , NH...(pop, 22,000). When I go west now, its to Seattle area, where my oldest son lives. Next trip we plan on heading to the area south of Mono lake. I miss the entire area from Bodie, Mono lake to the high Sierras....(I'm starting to tear up). I still have friends in SoCal so a trip is possible. I'd bump a line if coming....
astrodave wrote: No it actually looks like this. This was a test shot in March to see how my new imaging system would work this summer. That's the Astrovan in the foreground. It can be driven virtually anywhere but only up to 50mph.
Eliffman wrote:
astrodave wrote: Like everything else in life there is a need to know a budget. If you have unlimited budget I have a $25k mobile observatory with everything already to go. Top of the line gear and mobile.
If not There are trackers for $300ish that work well at under 300mm.
Additionally one of the major issues is weight the mount can care. For some of us its the amount of weight we can care. My main astro mounts can carry 250 lbs but they weigh in at 120 lbs so they are a pain to lug about hence my observatories.
For a DLSR setup a Star Adventurer or an Astrotrac are pretty easy to use and track well up to about 15lbs. I'd recommend either of those to someone wanting to "dabble".
Just my $.02
That mobile observatory sounds so cool, is that something you tow?
Alex wrote:
effron wrote:
Alex wrote:
effron wrote: I'm from Los Angeles (grew up in Long Beach) now live in SW New Hampshire. I miss much about the west. Hot tip on night photography for people out there, the Owens river valley, south of Bishop....I haven't been there since I went digital.....
No kidding! Do you get out here much? Heck if you do... hit me up, let's do lunch or Starbucks!
New Hampshire... are you out in the country?
Kind of, but not far enough. A hundred miles to Boston, 240 to NY, and twelve to Keene , NH...(pop, 22,000). When I go west now, its to Seattle area, where my oldest son lives. Next trip we plan on heading to the area south of Mono lake. I miss the entire area from Bodie, Mono lake to the high Sierras....(I'm starting to tear up). I still have friends in SoCal so a trip is possible. I'd bump a line if coming....
It's beautiful country up there. Plenty of old New England charm. You might know, I grew up in upstate NY in small town called Argyle (Population 3,782!) . How many kids do you have?
Seattle? Great breweries up there. Do you get into seafood much?
My door is always open friend... I'll expect that call one day!
astrodave wrote: No it actually looks like this. This was a test shot in March to see how my new imaging system would work this summer. That's the Astrovan in the foreground. It can be driven virtually anywhere but only up to 50mph.
Eliffman wrote:
astrodave wrote: Like everything else in life there is a need to know a budget. If you have unlimited budget I have a $25k mobile observatory with everything already to go. Top of the line gear and mobile.
If not There are trackers for $300ish that work well at under 300mm.
Additionally one of the major issues is weight the mount can care. For some of us its the amount of weight we can care. My main astro mounts can carry 250 lbs but they weigh in at 120 lbs so they are a pain to lug about hence my observatories.
For a DLSR setup a Star Adventurer or an Astrotrac are pretty easy to use and track well up to about 15lbs. I'd recommend either of those to someone wanting to "dabble".
Just my $.02
That mobile observatory sounds so cool, is that something you tow?
James F wrote: Was that a food truck that you converted to the astrovan? Does the top spin around?
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