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I've mentioned the clotty sort of amalgamation of patrons here.
It appears to be very hard to break into the circle of the cognoscenti.
Or the self involved panegyric of those who have accumulated huge and expensive lists of machinery (Not always astronomical in nature (save the price)).
I attempted to involve myself in this site but now only really come here to get opinions of members who own particular pieces of gear and sometimes a technique that someone may explain.
I'm not sure I appreciate the "I only managed to get 347 hours on this nebula so it's not finished." sort of posts.
I'd much prefer to get. "I have spent months trying to get enough information to portray this nebula and I think I'm not going to get any better than this."
I spend a fair bit of time on astronomyforum.net (as a moderator) and with a membership of 60,000 plus there's a lot of new faces popping up every day. We treat everyone the same and encourage those who are just breaking into the hobby, offer advice and generally have a fun time with like minded people.
There's only a few experienced imagers who are regulars, but they aren't cliquey and offer their experience and knowledge with gentle consideration.
But I think the main thing is, they've hung on to the enjoyment aspect and don't get bogged down in the bigger blacker dogs syndrome.
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