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The power requirements will change as you progress from using a tripod + camera to a (small) tracking telescope with a SLR and up to a more complex setup using auto-guiding (with a laptop), a larger mount, CCD-imager & dew- heater(s). In this article, I describe the more successful implementations & outline the way, technological improvements have kept up with the increasing demand for DC power for a mobile telescope setup.

The biggest investment needed for astrophotography is _TIME_. It takes time to learn how to use the tools, time to get to places, time to photograph and time to learn from the mistakes and repeat that cycle. An astrophotography setup with lots of quality equipment isn't cheap but you may want to put it into perspective to other hobbies or to SLR camera equipment you already have bought.

The Moon not only is a stepping stone for humankind's exploration of the universe. The Moon also is a good stepping stone for your astrophotography and often the first distant target people shoot.

Hi, there are some glimpse at ipernity which seems to be like the content - filtering (via Settings / Display & Layout ) is close to be released by ipernity. There were many discussions in the back about this issue, if it´s nessessary to filter content, if it should be and how it should be filtered. For example in the comments of the ipernity- team blog- entries [EN] Workshop: content rating/filtering system (17. January 2008), Introducing the new content rating/filtering syste…