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ClownFish
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Re: What are the advantages of film astrophotography?
06/06/06 05:48 PM
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To get a free autoguider, find some enthusiastic high-school kid who is eager to help create some astrophotos. The science geeks are the best bet, but others can be found too. Then TRAIN them to simply manual GUIDE after you set up the equipment. The're eyesight is better, and with all the video games, they are alrerady cooordinated to use a hand controller.
Then you can set up your equipment, much as an autoguiding setup, but instead of electrical power, offer Mountain Dew or Jolt Cola to the human guider... er, student. Once trained, they work well, and you can pay them with a copy of the photo they they took!
As a side benifit, you get to teach someone who's stuck listening to you (while they are intently guiding) and you will probably help foster a new member into the astro community!
CF
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Learn all about Polar Alignment and Manual Guiding on my website at www.PetesAstrophotography.com! Or visit my Foreign Service Blog!
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