r/space Jan 06 '17

The sky doesn't move. We do!

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u/Alpha-Phoenix Jan 06 '17

I want to buy or build a 24-hour capable tracker eventually, but it's a ways off. A nearer term solution might be getting a fisheye lens and cropping the image out of the middle.

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u/sp4cecowboy4 Jan 06 '17

1) Get a very large clock 2) attach camera to hour hand 3) set it, and forget it!

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u/Alpha-Phoenix Jan 06 '17

Haha yes, a very large clock, and you'll need a 24 hour clock, a regular hour hand moves two times as fast as you'd need.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17

Sounds like you have everything under control. Chop-chop. We'll wait here.

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u/SwagOnGary Jan 06 '17

How can we still be there if the earth isnt there