Re: [APML]: Power in the field?

[cvedeler@bio2.edu (Chris Vedeler)]

I used a small 12 volt battery I got for about $25 (it is for riding lawn
mowers).  This worked fine as long as I didn't try and go all night.  Using
my autoguider and my LX200 it would die about midnight.  Now I'm lugging
around a 95 amp-hour deep cycle battery.  It lasts all night and then some
running my scope, autoguider, and laptop.  Of course it weighs a ton and is
the size of a full sized car battery.

Chris Vedeler


At 11:03 AM 2/4/98 -0800, you wrote:
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>Actually, I've got two questions here:
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>1) Any good basic books on getting started in CCD astronomy?
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>2) What power sources are people using in the field to power
>   their scope, CCD, computer?
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>Thanks in advance for any answers or comments...
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>Keith
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