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I enjoy both visual and AP , one takes no time to set up and the other can take 2 or 3 hours but once you attain the skills and have the equipment to take reasonable images it’s so rewarding you can’t go back only forward
Another reason is my eye sight is slowly deteriorating in my right eye , I have astigmatism, PVD and constant floaters and peripheral flashes, so I only have one good eye for visual work which I enjoy immensely.If at some stage in the future my good eye decides to give me trouble , I will have to give the visual away but will still be able to image. So for me AP provides a great deal of challenges,rewards and enjoyment now and will be my saviour and backstop in the future
PS: I still get a buzz out of viewing a 1st quarter moon at the terminator on a good seeing night through my 12” GoTo Dob and Ethos / Delos eye pieces. It’s truly a spacewalk feeling hovering above the mountains and craters. You can’t do that with AP !!
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