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Originally Posted by slodave
I need (OK, would like) a small (but powerful) portable setup. Looking at stars in the middle of the Greater L.A. area sucks.
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I charge $200 a hour to tell you that your fuched, and want the world on a silver platter
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Originally Posted by masraum
Yeah, that's definitely the opposite side of Houston. I used to live near I-10 and the beltway. Yeah, I'm new to the hobby. Less than a year with a scope. I'd really like to do some Astro-Photo, but don't have the money for it right now. I'm happy observing. I really need to start getting out to a dark site (as dark as you can get near Houston). The George Obs isn't too far from me, maybe 45mins or less. Getting away from light pollution makes an enormous difference. I'd really like to schedule a week or two vacation in west Texas where there should be little to no light pollution.
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I used to drive an hour on the freeway out of Chicago to get reasonable skies (during the week) and closer to 90 minutes on the weekend to get dark skies.
Then I moved to Arizona, where I could see the Milky Way on a good night in my yard...in the middle of Tucson
Honestly, PM me if you want help/ideas/ whatever. I worked at Kitt Peak, Mt Bigelow, and Mt Hopkins in AZ. I did camera design for them, did operations at all 3, and did mirror recoating for them, and Lick, and Palomar...I also discovered a gamma ray burst when I was doing research. I was also the prime astronomer at the SkyWatcher's Inn before they changed ownership.