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Thanks for the responses; I am looking at this from an oldie's
perspective, it's much more difficult for me to climb the learning
curve than it would be for a young tech savvy person. Having said
that, I still think that many newbies come to this forum for help at
an introductory level, and get urged to buy all sorts of expensive
gear,[ astro imaging is a hole in the sky that you pour money into,
much like yachting is a hole in the ocean that you do the same with],
instead of being encouraged to start simple, and raise the level of their
equipment in step with their improving skills. It is easy to get sucked
into this trap in the first flush of enthusiasm. I used to teach an
introductory Astronomy course for adults, and during the first lecture
I used to warn students not to go out and buy large expensive scopes,
sometimes to no avail. One man bought a Meade DS 16, and another
bought a Coulter 17.5" Dob; you can imagine how much use those
two scopes got, a grand total of 5 observing sessions between the
two of them. Both were quickly sold at a considerable financial
loss.
raymo
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