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Originally Posted by CHASZ51
last pic looks best. Need to get a scope.
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Yeah, I have often thought about that, but take a look at the videos I've done with my drone and pay attention to the woods that completely surrounds me. I can only really see the sky about STRAIGHT UP and that is it. I probably should measure the angle to the tree tops, but I would bet it is greater than 45 degrees, at best, before I can see the sky above unobstructed. So I think getting a decent telescope would wind up being pretty frustrating for me because my viewing the sky would be so limited.
Besides, I'm not sure I can even see the north star to calibrate a tracking system. I have two tracking tripod heads and haven't even bothered to calibrate either one of them. When the night sky does dark I want to try some of me fast Nikkor lenses with long exposure to see what sort of stars will be visible. I've tried that with the GoPro I have, which I believe has an f2.8 lens on it. If my 50mm f1.4 lens gives me some decent results, I may spring for a longer lens with that much light sucking capability. But those sorts of lenses get kind of expensive, and truth be known after taking one good picture of the night sky, how much is it really going to change to do that again?