Video Premiere - Thursday 3/25 at 3pm ET
Added 2021-03-25 04:07:10 +0000 UTCNew video on making and using a $30 'barn door' tracker. Comes out tomorrow at 3pm ET. It's 22 minutes long.
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I built one of those back in about 1986.. It was my first intro into Astrophotography. Those were the film days no stacking available. Then I took almost 35 years off and started again last year in 2020. Thanks Nico for bringing back the memories.
Rick Viel
2021-04-03 23:18:44 +0000 UTCVery cool video, I too am going to give it a build.
Ryan Stephens
2021-03-28 19:49:51 +0000 UTCI built one of these from a commercially available kit (which is also motor-driven). Haven't had a chance to use it yet, since our weather sucks lately. It includes a green laser pointer to facilitate polar alignment. They also offer a red dot finder; either of these would be a lot easier than sighting through the straw.
Richard Jones
2021-03-27 01:05:39 +0000 UTCGreat DIY skills Nico :-) - really interesting that it worked as well as it did, albeit with the frustration of looking through the eye pieces for so long. Makes me want to build one just to see if i can make it work. Keep up the great content
G K
2021-03-26 10:56:08 +0000 UTCLove it!
Andy Mitchell
2021-03-26 06:41:21 +0000 UTCLots of easy to follow information. Thanks ! And that unicorn shirt??? Looking forward to Part 2.
Margaret Thrash
2021-03-26 00:07:41 +0000 UTCBrilliant video π
Karl L
2021-03-25 22:06:02 +0000 UTC
