Re: [APML] Astrophotography blues

[Emmanuele Sordini <vega@ulisse.it>]

Hi!
In my very limited and humble experience I've found two facts to prove true:

1) Throwing big $$ at astrophoto equipment does not guarantee immediate and 
good results, but it does help a lot. So, a very expensive gear is nothing 
without one's ability, but (almost) so is ability without a good setup.

2) Astrophotography calls for patience and endurance against all sort of 
odds that can be summarized by Murphy's laws. However, having a permanent 
setup just slams down preparation times: no packing/unpacking, no putting 
together / taking apart, no damn drift alignment to perform! Don't tell me 
you don't have to take all these things into account! :-))

Emmanuele

At 07.00 30/05/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Dave,
>
>This reminds me of a story that someone at Orion told me years ago.
>Someone came into the store wanting to buy a turn-key astrophotography
>system. Money was no object. They (rightfully) didn't sell him
>anything.<g>


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