Bluester, it's all good.
as of 2 years ago I didn't even own a telescope (until you kindly donated me your old newt, "show your kids the moon you said"). Now I'm totally hooked and attempting shots of these incredible objects that are turning out semi- half decent and continually improving.
Even on amazing clear dark sky nights such as last Saturday, when the skies were perfect but my technique and a new variable let me down, nothing was wasted, I learned some more from a failure and there's plenty of clear nights a comin' to practice... and practice makes perfect they say!
Damn this AP thing is addictive
Special thanks to all the support from the IIS members too.
Cheers
Andy