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Honestly, my whole astrophotography trip in Joshua Tree was almost wrecked by a single loose cable on my star tracker.
Tbh, I was 3 hours into a 4-hour exposure of the Milky Way core when my tracker just stopped, and I had to spend 20 frantic minutes in the dark with a red headlamp re-seating every connection before the sky got too bright.
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nancy41812d ago
Ugh, that "frantic minutes with a red headlamp" feeling is the worst. I started putting a strip of gaffer tape over my main power connection after a similar thing happened. Honestly, it's saved me a few times now.
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williams.sage12d ago
Oh man, that's smart. I just realized I should probably tape over my backup camera's power too, since it's right next to the main one and just as easy to bump.
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