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That night my telescope mount died during a meteor shower
I was out at a dark spot near Lake Erie back in August 2021, trying to get shots of the Perseids. About 45 minutes in, my motorized mount just stopped tracking mid exposure and I lost a 30 minute stacked shot I was really excited about. Ended up having to manually reset and guide the scope by hand for the rest of the night, which was a pain but kind of cool in a old-school way. Got maybe 12 usable frames out of the whole thing, not the 60 I was hoping for. Do any of you keep a backup mount or just cross your fingers and hope for the best?
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coleman.jamie1mo ago
Why bother with a backup mount when manual tracking builds character?
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davis.casey1mo ago
Manual tracking's fine until you lose a two hour flight of footage to a bump in the trail.
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