Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
First Attempt tracking, Alkaid / Alcor/Mizar, Darren Erickson
First Attempt tracking, Alkaid / Alcor/Mizar
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First Attempt tracking, Alkaid / Alcor/Mizar

First Attempt tracking, Alkaid / Alcor/Mizar, Darren Erickson
First Attempt tracking, Alkaid / Alcor/Mizar
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First Attempt tracking, Alkaid / Alcor/Mizar

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I just finished building a barn-door tracker, and I was attempting to give it a spin. Since I'm still trying to learn the basics of everything about astrophotography, in this run I only got one image and not even worth stacking with the others. But in this case it was primarily a physical problem - dew was collecting so quickly that in less than three minutes the lens was fully obscured. But it turns out I did find my target, and got a shot that Astrobin could plate-solve.

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First Attempt tracking, Alkaid / Alcor/Mizar, Darren Erickson