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My difficulty in getting to grips with observing, tecnological jargon, and other dilemmas!!

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Getting Ambitious Again

After nights of cloud and rain, boredom and desire to improve on my set-up, I started going through the classifieds, astrobuysell and preloved for a bargain EQ3-2 mount, to compliment my refractor. After seeing that they are £170 brand new for that price, I could get a whole newtonian set-up of decent aperture second hand. And so, I now have my eye on a couple of SkyWatcher 150mm on EQ5 or better ads. Coincidentally, I have noticed a hell of an influx of RAW newbies enquiring about first time
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First Light With Canon 350D

Well, got up to Burton Dassett Country Park around 6:30pm last night (after picking dinner up from the chippy on the way), got out the car to set up, and the skies were crystal clear! The band of the Milky Way clearly visible, snaking its way from one horizon, right over our heads, to the other horizon. Absolutely gorgeous. Set up the telescope, and then the camera on the tripod. Took a few quick shots of the Pleides, trying to gauge the right settings, before plugging the cable release and sl
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Right, So Here We Go..How I Got To Now

So, this has been the first time that I have logged onto this forum in about 2 years, and have found that the regulars on here have been as courteous, patient and helpful as they were two years ago (thanks guys!) Christmas 2009, I received from my doting grandparents a celestron sky scout 90 refractor and the personal planetarium (not exactly the nexstar 127 slt I asked Santa for). Knowing how upset they would be if I told them that the retailer they had dealt with, had probably shoved onto the
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