Mostly astrophotography. ?Study is exactly what I¡¯ve been doing. ?I did a lot of study and learning as part of my research into which mount I wanted so I feel I have a good handle on things for starting out. ?I¡¯ve run the tutorial beginning to end several times again since I placed my order. ?I¡¯m going to run through computer. ?Been using a dslr and apt for a while with old setup and everything is already on a nuc. ?Ive disassembled my old rig and reconfigured for the G11 intending on using the Ethernet port and it¡¯s already connected to micro router and home network. ?I¡¯ve tested it about as much as I can without an actual mount. ?Just waiting on the mount for that last connection. ?I¡¯ve had a guide scope and camera for about a year now to polar align with sharpcap. ?Wow, that¡¯s amazing, drift align is history! ?I have to learn to use it as a guider still but I think I¡¯ve researched that well too. ?The camera and scope are already sized to my OTA based on best practices I¡¯ve read. ?We¡¯ll see how that goes. ?I¡¯m not going to bother with guiding at first, relying on the mount while I learn Gemini inside and out. ?Then I¡¯ll learn guiding.
No doubt I¡¯m not as prepared as I think I am and there will be moments when I think WTF? ?I¡¯m looking forward to it.
