The Telescope Lifter/Mover Posts
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The security camera caught me setting up for a night of Astrophotography running two telescopes simultaneously. Many people have asked me how I go about this and I thought this might be an opportunity to show them. So I accessed the motion triggered video snippets from the security camera and using my non-existant video editing skills - I made my first movie. Its kind of fun to watch and I added a nice montage of some of my work at the end.
I image from my driveway. Setting up two large telescopes for each night’s astrophotographic efforts - and then taking them down again at the end of the evening was too much work. Wit the help of a talented friend, I build a Telescope Lift/Transporter. This device wheels up to my Tri-pier, clamps on to it, lifts it off the ground and then lets me move it to precise points of drive. This way the scope is ready to go at a moments notice. This post describes the design and the build process.
Ever wonder what I go through when setting three telescopes up in my driveway for each night of imaging?
Wonder no more!
I strapped on a GoPro Camera and captured my set up process!