Now that I have a motorized GoTo mount I need a way to have power when I’m out of reach of power cords. There’s power packs sold for telescopes, but they are pretty high priced for what you get, plus the long term reliability is questionable based on online reviews. Many stores sell power packs… Read More »
While I’ve been having a lot of fun with the dobsonian telescope I built, you really need an equatorial mount with tracking for astrophotography. I spent a lot of time over the last month or so trying to decide exactly which scope and mount I wanted. I finally got an Explore Scientific ED-80 Triplet APO… Read More »
I spent a fair amount of time in January learning everything I could about astronomy and building my barn door tracker to try my hand at some basic astrophotography. By mid-February I realized that I wanted a telescope in time for the Messier Marathon in early April. I discovered that amateur astronomers had been building… Read More »