Posted on 09/28/2018 11:07:24 AM PDT by Fhios
Hey, I'm looking for some amature astronomy / astrophotography hobbyists that can give me hints, links and recommendations to get started.and even used eqipment that may fit in with what I'm going to do.
1. I'm handicapped so my mobility is restricted I'll startiing in my driveway with pretty high light polutiing focusing on objects off in our solor system. Sun, moon, Jup, mar, saturn, uran, Merc venusm pluto, Moons of Jupiter, planets transiting the Sun and if they are resolvable, some of the bigger asteroids.
2. I would like take some time delayed photographs just for practice for upgrades I may do, Focusing on mounts and motor driven mounts.
3. Start taking pictures of some of the larger Nebula, binaires, galaxies and looking for upgrades I'll need to do this. With. Then finally upgrade to computer controlled/wireless telescopes where I can do all of the above and monitor from indoors
here is an example ...
https://www.celestron.com/products/omni-cg-4-mount-telescope
Check out the link above. When they say mount hey’re just saying the tripod and not the tracking motor or servos right? So the link above only has a mount but the motor and controls need to be bought separately?
beautiful, thanks.
I am working on that. We are cutting loose in5 months.
I`ll post what I can.
Look in your local area for amateur astronomy clubs. They can arange to get you to some scopes so, you can try different setups before spending a lot of money.
What part of the country are you in?
That is what vanity posts are made for. Let us know.
I’m in SC. I’m barely ambulatory, I can use a walker, cane isn’t enough support, there are other issues that pettywell keep me chair bound, can’t drive being the most restrictive.
Somebody recommended a setup with casters (wheels) which is doable for me, but my preference is a motorized sit down walker with a chair the swivels and locks at 90 deg.
I know there are several groups in SC, and , my group is in coastal Georgia.
This may help.
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/clubs-organizations/
Even if you can`t go to them, they may be able to come to you. If you are in the the Hilton Head area, Private Mail me.
You may want to look at some of the table top models of scopes.
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