Re: [APML] Guiding Bluez - Was OT: Iris Nebula

["Alson Wong" <alsonwong@earthlink.net>]

John,

When doing long-exposure film work, I usually bring a second scope to observe with (14.5" StarMaster). Sometimes getting a good view of an object in the 14.5" scope helps me to properly frame the object for photography. Since I started doing CCD work last year, I've been dealing with various technical problems that have made it hard to spend as much time observing, so I no longer bring an observing scope but look through other people's scopes. The lone exception was last weekend at Mount Laguna when I brought along the 14.5" to look at glorious, 25-arcsecond wide Mars.

Alson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John C. Mirtle" <spampit@shaw.ca>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:32 AM
Subject: [APML] Guiding Bluez - Was OT: Iris Nebula


>     Alan changed my perspective on guiders and I bought mine that year. I
> still enjoy the "Amish" approach from time to time, especially with the
> Schmidt camera and it's short shots. Being portable I can't carry a second
> scope, which brings me to the question: What are you supposed to do for that
> 2 hours when your trusty assistant "Otto Geeder" is taking the shot? Does
> most of this list take a nap, run a few laps, bring a second scope to
> observe with, or ???? When manually guiding there was always something to
> do. Once the novelty of the clicking relays wore off, I discovered that AP
> was actually quite boring! So... what do you guys do to relieve the boredom?



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