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For me I operate in quanta. For a period of years I can put down so much cash, I have so much time, there is so much I want to learn and folk I want to interact with and learn or share learning with. That is my quanta. Those terms define my options.
Where does the joy arrive? Well from planning and executing the best series of progressions I can amongst those quanta. I backyard observe from a home made observatory. I remote control all my gear. My pointing, focus and tracking are excellent for my gear's cost.
So now its about learning photoshop and better techniques to process images (the way Jase can) before I move up to better imaging gear and or quality refractor land.
I don't feel the need to be Hubble or operate Keck, but I do like gluing ten bits of gear together, planning my targets, having it all come together and being able to campaign it out and still spend lots of time with my family.
It's a hobby for me - if there was a black box solution that did it all perfectly - it would lessen the enjoyment.
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