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How many of you have left astronomy and come back?
Last night was the first clear night with no social engagements since well into last year.
I forced myself to plan what I would image in the afternoon, begrudgingly topped up my battery and then lingered over dinner, making my kids miss the first half hour of Shark Boy and Lava Girl (still paying for that today!!). I trudged outside, started to setup and about 10 minutes into it, thought 'meh' before packing everything up and guiltily returning inside.
I really think I may have lost interest, and reviewing my motivations am beginning to think that collecting equipment became more important than the pastime itself. It seems to be manifesting as getting unnecessarily crabby on IIS over trivialities as well...
Today I found myself mentally adding up the expected value of items if had a fire sale (EM11 2K, Borg 77ED & flattener 1K, SXV M8c with guide head 1.5K, C8 w/- motofocus .5K, etc) and immediately felt sort of sad.
Maybe if I go back to when it was fun with a DSLR, unguided mount and 60mm scope it wil come back, but I don't know. Anyone else ever felt like this? How long before you got back into it? Did you hang on to your gear or start over?
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