Amateur astronomy: Space is pretty awesome

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Hobbies, Crafts, & Houses > Amateur astronomy: Space is pretty awesome

Stregone: Sep 1, 2006

I was up at shenandoah last weekend and finally managed to get some shots of the milky way.

I'd really like to get more into this. My budget for this is pretty small, what would be the best bang for my buck for making these wide field pictures better? I was thinking about making a barn door mount, but then I realized I would need a geared tripod head to aim it properly. Those are kind of expensive, but I do want to get one eventually for other reasons...

Any ideas?

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Stregone: Sep 1, 2006

Wow, I didn't think there would be any option that affordable. Will I be able to mount that on a standard photo tripod? I have a manfrotto 055PROB tripod, its pretty beefy and has a built in level.

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