My neighbor said you need a $5k mount for good deep sky shots, but my old tripod worked fine

I just added a 10lb weight bag to my basic tripod for stability and got a clean 30-second exposure of the Orion Nebula. Has anyone else made a cheap setup work for them?

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fionanguyen12d ago

How much did that weight bag cost you? I've used sandbags from the hardware store for the same thing, works like a charm. People get way too hung up on gear sometimes.

blair_torres7012d ago

Nah, I get what you mean but good gear just feels better to use. My bag was around sixty bucks and it's held up for years, so it was worth it for me. What kind of sandbags do you grab?

susan_allen12d ago

Totally! Blair's point about gear lasting is solid too.