MICHAEL W. DEAN

How I do these

It’s kind of fascinating, and this is how all tracker mounts work, even huge observatories. You point the base north. Not magnetic north, but geographic north. You mount it at an angle equal to your latitude. For me that’s 45.13 or as close as I can get. Then you use the sighter scope, a cheap…

I have a new hobby. Several people have asked me how I take these. Instead of typing it over and over, here you go: Find a dark sky. The lower the Bortle Class the better. Click on a spot on this map: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info I live on a farm in a rural area outside a small…