[Outbackmanyep]

I was wondering about how many of us amateurs actually have the stamina to observe most nights during the week and still have enough energy to work during the day??

Whats your typical observing hours???


I usually start setting up just on dark and then align my scope ( Celestron 8" Ultima PEC ) which can take anything from 15 mins to an hour or so, and depending upon the weather i usually stay up until 1am some weekdays taking photo's, and till 3am on weekends before the eyes get too tired.
So my typical observing session lasts only 5 or 6 hours!
Being a comet chaser i should really be getting up early in the morning as well but having no observatory with which to easily open and observe from it can be a bugger getting my scope out and aligning it and being tired also!
With my astrophotography i dont use digital imaging or autoguiding, all my astrophoto work is done manually in conjunction with PEC, im getting quite good at staring at crosshairs for an hour or so and keeping my stars round!
So i only have approx 6 to 12 pics then im done!
Sometimes i pass the time by putting on some music while observing and have a drink and maybe biscuits or something between pics!

I'd be interested to see what other amateurs times are and how they manage their observing sessions and how they manage to stay awake!

Cheers!