Hi Blue Fire!
IT actually takes me quite a long time to get my Computerized GOTO Mount Properly Polar aligned.
Not to mention ,waiting for my Camera to achieve thermal equilibrium, take dark frames, then light frames, along with realigning the Mount so that the computer slews the image perfectly centered on my CCD cameras live window, by then its been an hour or better, before
I even start imaging .
Once I start an image sequence its about 50-30 second frames of each L,R,G,B so you dont get to bounce around. your'e stuck watching an image build up on your Screen, and constantly checking the tracking and focus, its a boring lengthy Sequence, but it also gives you Satisfaction in the end, when everything goes right.
So, I will see no more than 3 or 4 objects,Versus flying around with the Dob and Charts.
I definitely, can see many more objects with my Dob, rather than CCD Imaging.
And youre right the thrill, is in the hunt! Without realizing it , I was slowly being automated and computerized, and I had forgotten my roots, so to speak!
I will be making a once month, 89 miles, each way trip, to and from the Observatory from now on! it was Awsome to resort to the charts again!
I will try to also do some Imaging When my camera gets back from the Manufacturer.
Dennis
