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Oh, it's FRIGHTENING the equipment that amateurs have these days. I was doing stuff back when the first real 1Kx1K CCDs were coming out (we used an FLI, I think was the brand), but most were still doing film work, maybe with the SBIG autoguider hanging off the side. Now, you have full remote observatories with research grade filters and guiders...
Beyond my research, I worked at the Skywatcher's Inn, which at the time was a bed and breakfast with several telescopes, where guests could take part in anything from a few hours of casual eyepiece observing with my as a night sky guide, to a 6 hour CCD session using our 20" Mak Cass in a dome.
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Mike Bradshaw
1980 911SC sunroof coupe, silver/black
Putting the sick back into sycophant!
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