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  1. Whippy
    A week off of work plus wall to wall cloud has given me lots of spare time (probably too much!). One things that I keep on coming back to is EQMOD. Here's my conundrum:
    Will it help me set my imaging kit up any quicker? - Not that I can see. If anything, having to connect a few more wires and fire up one or two more apps would make the process longer, albeit only a little :).
    Does it provide me with better software than I currently use for image capture and guiding? - No.
    Will it provide me with more accurate GOTO slews? - Probably but I've never found it to be a huge problem.
    I do like my technology, but I'm not into technology for technology's sake (that's my wife's job :) ). Controlling my mount from a gamepad would be fun but is it going to be a real help? I can't see it.
    I understand that some people are even using it to control their mounts whilst observing. Unless you've got magic eyes, surely you'd lose your night vision everytime you look at the screen wouldn't you?
    I've got a couple of mates who are real advocates of it, and I can see some benefits if you've got a permanent setup in an obs but for me, it's a bit of a gadget and what little time we get under clear skies right now, I want to be productive rather than experimenting and troubleshooting.
  2. Whippy
    ... another moan about the weather! Just looked at the 5 day forecast and once again fully clouded out. Joy.
    I came to the conclusion a while back that to get some real depth to my images, I'd need at least two evening's worth of exposures (about 6 hours or so) but the complete lack of time under the stars have me wondering if it's worth imaging at all and just sticking to observing.
    As much as I love being able to 'see' much more than I could ever do with my eyes is great but the hassle and planning just to take one picture is making me wonder if it's all worth it. Certainly I haven't been able to do nowhere as much LRGB imaging as I'd like to.
    After recently slimming down the astro kit, I diverted some of the money I made into re-igniting my love of fishkeeping and have bought a tank which is now in the process of being stocked, planted and matured. And it's been great not sitting around getting frustrated at the lack of time under the stars.
    I guess variety is the spice of life and some people on here would do well to think of that while the mood gets distinctly edgy on here while this sceptred isle is under a blanket of cloud for the upteenth night.
    Of course, I say all this and we'll get a couple of clear nights and I'll be in love all over again... :).
    Tony..
  3. Whippy
    It's half-term as I'm sure some of you are aware, which actually makes my life easier as I don't have to get the kids ready for school etc etc, and as we've got a waning Moon too so this would be a good week astro-wise.
    I just looked at the weather forecast for the next 5 days. [removed word] :(.
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