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17 years 8 months ago #38970 by dave_lillis
Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re: How much stuff do you haul out to dark site
It used to be alot, a 12" lx200 + tripod+laptop/cables eyepieces transformers and other bits'n pieces.
Nowadays, its just me skywatcher torch.

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Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)

Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go. :)
+ 12"LX200, MK67, Meade2045, 4"refractor

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17 years 8 months ago #38996 by jhoare
Televue Ranger or C5 spotter, an AltAz tripod and an eyepiece case. I don't 'bring' the binoculars, but they are always in the car if I want them.

John

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17 years 8 months ago #39007 by Perseus
Never bring 12" Dob further than back garden.

If traveling 18X50 Stabilizing Bino's, deckchair, starmap & red torch.

Damon

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17 years 8 months ago #39013 by Silversurfer
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This is what I put in the boot.

152mm Refractor,
CG5 mount
Powerpack for mount
Eyepiece case
Star Diagonal
Pocket sky atlas
Planosphere
Warm clothes ( inlcuding Pitkaalushousot)
Picnic blanket ( to put under scope to catch things)
7 x 40mm Binos

I've only been to a dark site twice, and once there was actually enough of a gap between clouds to justify getting the equipment out of the boot and setting up, though i had to break it back down as soon as I finished alignment, because of rain.

Martin

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17 years 8 months ago #39018 by JohnMurphy
Replied by JohnMurphy on topic Re: How much stuff do you haul out to dark site
Usually bring the lot:

Celestron NexStar C102SLT
Power supplies
Webcam
Laptop
Canon 350D
Celestron 15x70s and tripod
Pocket PC with Pocketstars
Baseball bat (to deter any ne'er do wells), might upgrade to shotgun after I upgrade to the LX200R :wink:
Hot Coffee, food and plenty of mars bars.

Usually better to have something you might need with you, than let an opportunity slip by.

Clear Skies,
John Murphy
Irish Astronomical Society
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