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Originally Posted by Gem
After a few months of astro imaging, I have returned to observing... ahh the serenity!
Less frustration, less setting up, less worry, less expectation...
More peace, more enjoyment, more love of the sky...
I feel better already! No goto, just me, a dob and the sky.  |
You said it! To me, astronomy is supposed to be relaxing, but challenging at the same time. Hence why I am visual.
Last thing I want is this last avenue of relaxation and serenity taken over by failure-prone computers, hardware, miles of cable, heavy EQ mounts with counterweights that double up as dumbells for our Olympic weight lifting champions that take ages to set up and align, buggy software that willl let you down at the most critical moment.... and the amount of effort and time it takes to set up all this...enough of this complex technology in life as it is. Time spent under the stars is supposed to remove me from all this.
All I need are my eyes and a push-to scope and I am in bliss. And I have several grand left over for other essentials like beer
