On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:38:12 -0700, "Tom E." wrote:

Can I just photograph through the scope, and get a mini-borg or somthing
as a guidescope and look through that for an hour or two? Is there an
eyepiece
that contains crosshairs?

Yes. Manual guiding involves putting a piggyback telescope onto your imaging
scope and keeping a star centered on the reticle of a high power eyepiece. The
guidescope does not need good optics, but it should have a long focal length
compared to what you are imaging with.

I could put a ccd camera on the mini-borg and
look at it on a laptop comp, which would cut down on eyestrain:-)

Actually, it is possible to guide using an inexpensive low-light security camera
and a B&W monitor with crosshairs drawn on it.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com