I was wrong about needing a $2000 mount for deep sky shots

I was out near Sedona trying to shoot the Andromeda galaxy with my old, basic tripod and a cheap motor drive, convinced my blurry results were just gear limits. After three hours of tweaking the polar alignment with a phone app and taking thirty 90-second exposures, I stacked them and the detail was shockingly clear. Has anyone else pulled off a decent DSO image without pro-level hardware?

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logan63222d ago

Honestly, that's a lucky break with the seeing conditions more than proof the gear doesn't matter. A cheap drive will fail you most nights when you need longer subs. The real test is getting that result again next time.

lane.angela22d ago

Lol guess the real pro gear was the phone app we downloaded along the way. My wallet feels personally attacked.