That was all in 2012. Sold on the mount and scope the same year. Stopped taking photos of the night sky, except some [beautiful] aurora photos when I lived on the S.I.
Yesterday, a new iOptron CubePro II magically arrived at my doorstep.
Not intended for astrophotography, only for visual to carry a 2nd hand "fast" refractor 102/500mm, f/4.9 It's a good thing that I now live in a
Bortle 6-7 area and I know I can't and I won't afford gear capable of gathering meaningful photons from here. But I conjured up a cheap binoviewer as well. So am very much looking forward to "grazing" up and down the milky way here in my western sky . 'Cause that's what I enjoyed the most, really, back in 2012: spending time with my eyes and mind in the ocean of stars.