The best part is sharing results with those who are interested, even if for a brief moment, and because I collect and process the data, I feel there is a different level of understanding of what the image actually represents. So doing astrophotography yourself allows for a narrative to go with a (hopefully) pretty picture. That's how I see it anyway. But my adventure with astrophotography started after I realised how limiting light pollution is for visual astronomy - it was just a tad too difficult for me to pursue visual astronomy from our balcony in Rockdale overlooking Sydney airport. Narrowband was a revelation
