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I had to pick between a cheap tracker and a good mount for my first deep sky photo
Last month I had $400 to spend and it came down to a $300 star tracker or putting it all into a solid equatorial mount. I went with the tracker to save cash, but man, the setup time killed me. I spent 2 hours just getting polar alignment right in my backyard, only to have it drift after 30 minutes. The shot of the Orion Nebula came out blurry and I lost a whole night. Has anyone else tried starting with a tracker and wished they just saved up for the proper mount instead?
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wyatt_green2mo ago
Cheap shortcuts always cost more time later.
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nancy2751mo ago
Totally. My buddy tried to skip testing his code last week. Spent all weekend fixing it, just like johns18 said. Brutal.
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