--- "Tom Gwilym" wrote:
>
> I've just gotten so used to having all my stuff in my backyard observatory
(light pollution and all) that I can hardly justify hauling all kinds of gear
out for astrophotography anymore.
>

My SCT, which was a Meade LX3 then, did not like to travel. When I took it to a
Star Party something wouldn't work, and when it was back home it mysteriously
repaired itself. It has not left home in about 9 years. The SBIG requires so
much support I never used it out of the observatory.

When I go in the field I bring an Nighthawk refractor and DSLR which is
manageable in the field.

Leo Taylor