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Originally Posted by multiweb
Corosion comes to mind. I don't know about seeing but there are some pretty dark skies south coast. Much better than here.  And there's more to life than astro. Chilling out on the beach in a nice place is important too. You still can pack up and drive out west to image. |
Indeed. Having seen the end result of a Losmandy G11 that lived about 5km inland from the ocean, I can attest that Losmandy's aluminium mounts corrode, quite badly. Black anodising with grey flaking alu corrsion does not instill much sense of pride nor confidence.
I used to liberally hose my Skywatcher "stainless" legs with lithium grease when not in use. My Canon lenses grew mold quite rapidly despite preventative measures.
3 years in Canberra, and none of the above exists. I learned to loathe/detest humidity 40 years ago, so a dry environment suits me completely. I have to also admit Canberra is - so far - my most favoured place in all the places I have lived.