g day,
i have only had a 'scope less than two years, but being semi retired and living in the bush my EP time is only restricted by weather (and i'm on here now 'cos it is pissistantly raining
. I am still getting lotsa pleasure from the big n bright as well as star hopping to faint fuzzies.
I regularly enjoy other's AP but for the same reasons expressed by others i am not attracted to AP for myself, but;
1) my first bout of aperture fever was assuaged by the 16" a year ago, and i can feel it relapsing
i am wondering about 'scope to monitor-live video cams (with goto tracking) as an effective massive aperture fix, and
2) i could get personal satisfaction in AP for scientific value e.g. BOSS: planet monitoring ala Quark, Ags &tc. : comet/asteroid search/tracking: occult timing. But that takes huge dedication and skill too . . . . less pain, less gain/satisfaction?
regards, Lindon