MarkAR

An excellent thread, I do a little hobby engineering occasionally and can really admire the work and thought that goes into a project like this.

Hi All, after taking a few photos at pretty short exposures, Ive decided to invest in a tracker to get me started properly. I initially was going to get a Fornax Lightrack 2 and their wedge with an iPolar and a Tracer battery (total around £1100) but then thought it might be overkill to start with and not so easy to pack for holidays. Although it is more accurate. So I think I'll invest instead on the IOptron Skyguider with iPolar kit (£499) and the Williams Optics Wedge (£189). My current photography kit is: Canon 80D ThreeLeggedThing Albert tripod and Airhed Pro ball mount Canon 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 IS 1 Sigma 24-105mm F4 ART Sigma 30mm F1.4 ART Samyang 14mm F2.4 Living under Bortal 5 skies I thought an Optolong L-Pro clip in filter might be a wise investment so have ordered one from Laida Optics off AliExpress for the bargain price of $142.55 plus a massive wait for shipping. Possibly in the future I'll look into something more substantial like a GOTO mount.

Hi All, I think I caught a bug taking pictures of the Aurora Borealis in Tromso whilst up to knee deep in snow. Tried taking shots of the moon and some stars with a little success so have decided to get a tracker for longer exposures and see how it goes. I've been doing a lot of searching and found a whole load of information to get me started on the basics, now to put theory into practice.