I was a bit curious about how many hours I have put into imaging. I can only count the hours I have used on my website, not the hours I have spent driving fixing up gear, servicing equipment, or the subs I have ditched. So I have counted 2298 hours (nearly 96 days). I think I have ditched about 20% more hours, which is about 459 hours. I think I put in quite a few more prior to automation, but don't imagine it would be more than 500 hours. This is not to mention the hours I have put into planetary imaging, which I think is well in excess of 4000 hours. Or does any of this include the years before hand with film.
It is surprising how many hours I have put in to my hobby.
How many hours have you put in so far?
Pre 1985 in the days of Kodak TP2415....... 400 hours +
Since 1985............................... .............. 400 seconds max
Astrobin has been showing incorrect (zero) stats for me recently but it's working again now so I can tell you that my images there total 2831.22 hours of integration time
Interestingly, I approach 300 hours this year, which is nearly a half of what I got in total since starting astro in 2013. It seems that moving to Prossy was quite helpful in terms of astroimaging
Woohoo! Well done, Suavi!
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Originally Posted by Kunama
Pre 1985 in the days of Kodak TP2415....... 400 hours +
Since 1985............................... .............. 400 seconds max
Another 60 years and you'll catch up, Matt
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Originally Posted by Slawomir
Perhaps Astrobin is rounding down for minute integrations
No need to be mean, Suavi. They say size/length doesn't matter
Well that is a good question, when i was imaging some time ago maybe i should have keep a record or small paper booklet and just note it down once in the Observatory.
Anyway those days are gone, but i did enjoy the frosty nights where your stuff got that cold and if you touched it with you tongue, (well one should not be licking their Telescope) one would have to wait till the Sun came up
Well that is a good question, when i was imaging some time ago maybe i should have keep a record or small paper booklet and just note it down once in the Observatory.
Anyway those days are gone, but i did enjoy the frosty nights where your stuff got that cold and if you touched it with you tongue, (well one should not be licking their Telescope) one would have to wait till the Sun came up
Leon
Oh, so you're the owner of the Lick Observatory leon....
I wish guys, unfortunately, the Observatory is gone I have many images of that wonderful place but alas, we Alice and me just travel Australia constantly and enjoy every day of it.
Well that is a bit of a fib, we are now house sitting a mansion over looking the Keppel Islands, bloody hell that is hard work
(well one should not be licking their Telescope) one would have to wait till the Sun came up 
I have many images of that wonderful place but alas, we Alice and me just travel Australia constantly and enjoy every day of it. 
