[PeterM]

Onya Bockie,

We are pretty much even stevens now. Time for me to pull my finger out and get stuck into more imaging (as I looks to the grey skies above).

The numbers posted are significant and show the dedication needed in this type of work.
The rewards.... hmmm lets see.. you don't have your name attached (like comet discoverers) just a catalogue number. Nor is there any fame attached (like comet discoverers often get). Nor are there many beautiful images taken by a squillion amateurs (like many comet discoveries get)... ok granted Martin Pugh has taken a stunning image of NGC1365 (in the Deep Space forum) with its recent SuperNova SN2012fr. Nor are there any financial rewards (unlike there are for amateur Comet discoverers) ................hmmmm starting to get a bit worried the wife says change your focus in the hobby!
I suppose on the otherside if Comet xyz that you discovered was to collide with us then we wouldn't want any association with it anyways... might bad for your health long before it collided hehe. Ok just joshing (if Mr Lovejoy aka cometguy reads - whom by the way is one of mine and Greg's great mates for the last 29 years). We obviously congratulate all amateurs who have any input into astronomy in anyway.

So why do we do it? Well I guess it's just one area of this infectious hobby that gets in your blood. I hope others reading of our achievements are excited, encouraged and inspired, this will be our reward.

Good one Bockie!
PeterM