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Congrats on getting into medicine, where are you doing your degree?
As someone who's been through that course and have come out the other end, I can say with certainty that you won't have enough free time to pursue any astroimaging. If you've got aspirations to specialist training, you can kiss the next 12-15yrs goodbye.
Nonetheless, enjoy your time at uni and as a junior doctor in the hospitals - the experiences you'll have and the friendships you'll form will be amazing. Take the opportunity to travel and experience medicine in somewhere other than Brisbane/Australia (something I regret not doing!).
I'd offload your gear and when you have some free time in the years ahead, I'm sure your mind will be blown away by what gear is available for astroimaging. My interest in astronomy started in highschool. LX-200s were just being released along with early autoguiders. The images in the astronomy mags were all on film. I picked astronomy up again about 3 yrs after finishing my specialist training - 17yrs after highschool. I've now got an income to afford my gear, but my time is still limited...
The stars aren't going anywhere soon.
DT
PS. If you need a fix of astroimaging in the years ahead, get in touch with me - you're more than welcome to join me on a dark sky trip. More than happy to grill you with exam questions during the imaging runs!
Last edited by DavidTrap; 03-11-2011 at 10:44 PM.
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