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Polar finder problem
Living at 62 degree north I find it extremely uncomfortable to use the polar finder scope.**Looking*for*a*90 (or 45)*degree*prism/mirror*(and adapters?) to*make*my*go*at*astrophotography somewhat more pleasant. My mount is a Vixen GPDX I don't want to lose any field of view. Has anyone here solved this problem already? Tips and/or pointers greatly appreciated. TIA |
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Iordani wrote:
Living at 62 degree north I find it extremely uncomfortable to use the polar finder scope.**Looking*for*a*90 (or 45)*degree*prism/mirror*(and adapters?) to*make*my*go*at*astrophotography somewhat more pleasant. My mount is a Vixen GPDX I don't want to lose any field of view. Has anyone here solved this problem already? Tips and/or pointers greatly appreciated. (sorry for double-posting, just want to raise the question again) I have tried to solve this with a 90 degree prism but either I loose to much FOV or I can't reach focus at all. Am I the only one with this problem? I have tried 40-50 degrees and it's still a pain... How do you folks do it? All using the drift method? I use a Nikon D70 coupled with a 300 mm (or less) lens and find I can do well with just polar alignment. Realising I belong to the 62+north minority, I still want to do "it". (comfortably) TIA again |
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