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orly_andico wrote:A week and a half ago I was at 400m in the Swiss Alps. And the sky was... incredible.
Sigh. Back to earth now.
you meant 4000m right?
4000m is the summit of the Jungfrau. I was just at this little town, Kriens, which is at the base of Mt Pilatus (the hotel was there). So 400m only. The sky was amazing though I could not recognize it (well the 50-degree latitude also made the sky quite unfamiliar). I regretted not having even a small travel mount.
orly_andico wrote:A week and a half ago I was at 400m in the Swiss Alps. And the sky was... incredible.
Sigh. Back to earth now.
you meant 4000m right?
4000m is the summit of the Jungfrau. I was just at this little town, Kriens, which is at the base of Mt Pilatus (the hotel was there). So 400m only. The sky was amazing though I could not recognize it (well the 50-degree latitude also made the sky quite unfamiliar). I regretted not having even a small travel mount.
Bro, upload some photos of the trip and the sky like yesterday already!! Can't wait to see them!
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
cloud_cover wrote:Erm, reverse the guider and EP position?
Other alternative is simply don't use the flip mirror. Once you have centered your guide star you can just plonk the guider in. Given your guidescope is fairly widefield, it should be able to see a decent guidestar for almost any target anyway
this is my guidescope set up. The EP is further back on focus plan than the guider. Either I shorten the seat for the EP or space the guider...
