What is the single most annoying thing about this hobby?

[WaTcHuLoOkNaTm9]

How you doing,

this is a bit of a random question but i was just wondering what you guys found that was annoying to no end, a pet peeve, something you just couldn't solve or anything that is simply a pain in the backside with the hobby? I was thinking the other day and I know mine is the damn clouds that never go away. What about you guys?

Cheers,

[webtubbs]

Dew. I hate dew. Yes, it's easy to get rid of, but I'd rather I didn't have to.

Also worth a mention is daylight savings in Tasmania. There's precious little night as it is without consigning it to the early mornings.

[Somnium]

CLOUDS :cloudy:

[WaTcHuLoOkNaTm9]

I haven't had a problem with dew as of yet thank god.

Yeah those clouds...

[LewisM]

Cost

[perrin6]

People like my sister who say 'why are you looking at Saturn again, you looked at it yesterday AND the day before'.

[MortonH]

Light pollution.

[glend]

Clouds

[raymo]

Seemingly never ending electronics related faults, ranging from faulty
cables, faulty handsets, and faulty motherboards. followed very closely
by clouds, and an antipathetic SWMBO.
raymo

[brian nordstrom]

:mad2: MOZZIES

Brian.

[Kunama]

Nothing, love it all, even the clouds......
It is so nice when the clouds roll away, it's like a new beginning. Without them there wouldn't be the renewed anticipation of another perfect night.....

The people you meet are great..... they're helpful, resourceful, genuinely interested in the same pursuit......
The quality of equipment available at reasonable prices is fabulous, compared to the relative prices in the late 70s and early 80s.......
The inner peace of being alone at night, taking in the photons and pondering the eons they have travelled just with the sole result of striking my eye at a place and time of my choosing...........

Why would you do anything else.............

[GTB_an_Owl]

#1 has to be clouds :cloudy:

geoff

[FlashDrive]

.... yah gotta buy more ....;)

Flash.....:D

[multiweb]

Right on! +1 :thumbsup:




:lol: Is your sister's name Cassie (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=141509&highlight=hobby&page=2)?

[RB]

:lol:

[Kunama]

There is a limit to how much gear one should buy, it's just that nobody knows what that limit is.............

[multiweb]

That's BS Matt, Lewis knows it.

[MortonH]

Only cos Flash told him.

[sn1987a]

Roo shooters

[uwahl]

:sadeyes::sadeyes::sadeyes:CLOUDS:m ad2::mad2::mad2:

[kittenshark]

Having to find the time to drive out to a dark spot and when you do... hello clouds and rain... :mad2:

[JC]

Dogs and neighbours proximity lights.....

[blink138]

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

[CJ]

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!

[Nortilus]

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.

[ZeroID]

Clouds, rain... glad I have a workshop to retreat to ..

[OICURMT]

all of the above... :mad:

[caj1311]

Clouds, rain, having to be sort of functional the next day at work :(

[AussieTrooper]

Mosquitos.

[Tropo-Bob]

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.

[Irish stargazer]

That's easy !

Astronomy in Australia : Mozzies. Especially in the Summertime:scared2:

Astronomy in Ireland : Rain, more rain and generally always cloudy :windy:

[Fox]

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:(

[N1]

I find the single most annoying thing about this hobby is its conflict with my need for sleep :zzz2:

[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.

[raymo]

:lol:
raymo

[N1]

An astronomiser turns non astronomers into astronomers. Nothing wrong with that :P

[astro_nutt]

Working nights when the sky is pristine! (sigh!):sadeyes:

[speach]

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.

[Sconesbie]

At my house it's:

- Clouds
- Street Lights
- My kids turning porch light on
- Mosquitos
- Trees

[AussieTrooper]

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.

[Atmos]

I am going to be trying a concoction of stale beer, epsom salts and listerine :) My aunty said that it is the bomb so I currently have a couple of cans of beer going stale.
Basically just mix it all together, put it in a spray bottle and spray everywhere.

[raymo]

blown capacitors.
raymo

[Somnium]

it could have been worse :)

[raymo]

Very true Aidan. It's the time it's taken me to uncover the culprit
that is so frustrating; I hate the waste of the few suitable nights
that I get here.
raymo

[skysailor]

Mosquitoes in Watsonia... just planted a lot of Lavender/Rosemary/and Catmint - these are supposed to stop the little blighters (that should be Biters)...so we'll see how that goes, in the meantime I'll try Colin's "mixture" - I'll try anything to get some relief from them, they love me...and I don't like soaking myself in chemicals every time I'm out in the yard - the U.S. government did enough "soaking" of me many years ago so I don't need to add to it !!!!
cheers