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07-01-2016, 07:47 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: South brisbane
Posts: 189
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Having to find the time to drive out to a dark spot and when you do... hello clouds and rain... 
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07-01-2016, 08:39 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Aberdeen NSW
Posts: 25
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Dogs and neighbours proximity lights.....
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07-01-2016, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: perth w.a.
Posts: 2,275
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the actual amount of imaging time available per month!
i have had a lovely ccd cam for what seems to be years (haha) and because of the length of time between sessions i need to read the instructions every time i want to use it!!
pat
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08-01-2016, 10:15 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Woombye, SE Qld, Australia
Posts: 589
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Clouds. And the accumulating cost of the equipment cluttering up the place, largely doing nothing as a result! This has crossed my mind but it also occasionally gets pointed out by the other members of my family, often after snapping up another unmissable bargain from the IIS classifieds!
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08-01-2016, 12:21 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Mackay, QLD
Posts: 455
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Setting up and packing up every time I go out (hopefully fixing that issue soon with a mini-obs). And time to do it. Been a uni student and a family man my astronomy has come to a less priority than every before.
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08-01-2016, 07:25 PM
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Lost in Space ....
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Auckland, NZ
Posts: 4,949
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Clouds, rain... glad I have a workshop to retreat to ..
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09-01-2016, 02:50 PM
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Oh, I See You Are Empty!
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Laramie, WY - United States of America
Posts: 1,543
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all of the above... 
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09-01-2016, 04:52 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Childers, Queensland, Australia
Posts: 39
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Clouds, rain, having to be sort of functional the next day at work 
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09-01-2016, 05:06 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 645
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Mosquitos.
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09-01-2016, 05:25 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Cairns
Posts: 1,584
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Not being able to do the hobby at a time of my choosing ... waiting and I mean really waiting for the rare night, with no clouds, only a moderate number of mosquitoes, no visitors, no commitments, all after a day of not being worn out by work.
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09-01-2016, 06:25 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 690
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That's easy !
Astronomy in Australia : Mozzies. Especially in the Summertime 
Astronomy in Ireland : Rain, more rain and generally always cloudy 
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10-01-2016, 02:46 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Camberwell, Vic
Posts: 319
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MortonH
Light pollution.
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100% agree Morton. Light pollution is far away the biggest bugbear to strike our hobby.
I remember 40 years ago as a teenager in Melbourne south eastern suburbia, how beautifully black the Southern sky was compared to anything today, the Coal Sack was clearly evident. And even from SE Melbourne, I could point my Royal LN4T 4 inch reflector due North and just see Lyra above the horizon to pick out M57 the Ring nebula. Never ever could you do that now...
Fox
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12-01-2016, 01:56 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Dunners Nu Zulland
Posts: 1,665
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I find the single most annoying thing about this hobby is its conflict with my need for sleep 
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12-01-2016, 03:01 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,997
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Being called an Astrologer or Astronomiser. Hmmm maybe Astronomiser is a valid term for someone who doesn't spend much on the hobby, rules me out then.
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12-01-2016, 03:17 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: margaret river, western australia
Posts: 6,070
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raymo
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13-01-2016, 05:06 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Dunners Nu Zulland
Posts: 1,665
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An astronomiser turns non astronomers into astronomers. Nothing wrong with that 
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Originally Posted by PeterM
Being called an Astrologer or Astronomiser. Hmmm maybe Astronomiser is a valid term for someone who doesn't spend much on the hobby, rules me out then.
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13-01-2016, 09:03 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,013
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Working nights when the sky is pristine! (sigh!) 
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13-01-2016, 09:04 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Wonthaggi Vic
Posts: 625
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Time, I spend about 1/2hr setting up then getting everything talking to each other, scopes cooling down then I'm ready OK. By this time something has decided not to talk to something else, get that fixed. Not forgotten anything, great, lets start. By this time clouds start rolling in or the breeze gets up.
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13-01-2016, 09:09 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Legana, Tasmania
Posts: 282
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At my house it's:
- Clouds
- Street Lights
- My kids turning porch light on
- Mosquitos
- Trees
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13-01-2016, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 645
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Has anyone got a good method of getting rid of mosquitoes?
I bought a commercially available trap (Ambush Mosquito Trap), about 3 weeks ago, but still got bitten last night.
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