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Maybe cash it in and go for a smaller set up. A HEQ5 and a camera, even an 80mm triplet is not that much of an investment..run short subs unguided..make it more like fun rather than hard work.
And if its simple you can drag it out or put it on away with less effort and therefore less disappointment if the weather lets you down.
I have been doing widefields the last couple of days because the weather threatened clouds and moisture...but with the simple set up ( old mount with no dec just a ply plate to mount the camera) and low fl so polar align is not critical it has been fun. 30 second subs so no guiding, no lap top and pack up just put the camera away.
Tonight I set up the 80mm guiding lap top narrow band camera poper polar align with pole master and it was too moist to really do anything...lot of effort no result...so I wished I had gone the widefield tonight also...
You are a young person so give it a rest downsize to get the odd night out....but one keeper every two and a half months is good going really.
Alex
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