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Originally Posted by pylon
I'm about $12k in on gear. Every time I try and get going, some major life event derails my quest to master it. Planets are easy, but I want to start doing Galaxies, and Nebulae.
The nice thing about scopes, mounts, and CCD's is they aren't like conventional electronics, and outdate themselves every 2 years. But I really want to get to work on it.
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I'd be interested to see all of that gear. I'm content with a pair of binos and my camera, although I just bought the Pentax O-GPS1 that slides into the hot shoe of my Pentax camera. It moves the camera's sensor at the speed of the earth's rotation. It claims 5 minute exposures are doable without star trails, but the reviews state that claim is overly optimistic. I haven't tried it out yet - waiting for the skies to clear now.
Do you use video for the planets and then stack all of the frames? I haven't done so myself but have read that is the preferred method.