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There's something about doing it yourself.... I could buy a Hubble poster, but mine is more personal.
I enjoy the wonder of seeing the image come together, revealing what I know I'd never see visually.
The challenge of doing better at some stage ( though this usually requires an expensive upgrade of some kind)
Toys toys toys.... A well set up astrophotography kit is one heck of a gadget, and how many guys don't like gadgets
data collection is the easy bit, open up the observatory, set the focus, guiding and let the computer do all the hard work while I go inside to do whatever( no frozen bits here thankyou)
Time processing a decent image on the computer can take hours and it's actually quite enjoyable.
I purely do it for personal pleasure, I don't sell or display my images, I try to enter the one competition each year ( no expectations there). It doesnt matter that someone else can do better or worse. Just a satisfying hobby that doesn't matter if you miss that target tonight it will be there tomorrow, the timeless wonder of it all, just imagine if Galileo could see what we take for granted here.
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