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Originally Posted by gbeal
You're off to a good start, and will soon find the hobby becomes an obsession.
Keep at it, and try this again when there is no moon.
Gary
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Thanks Gary
I have been addicted for years! Much to my wife's displeasure

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This is just another new extension of my hobby, trying to progress on from visual astronomy and planetary/solar imaging (webcam only) which I still really enjoy and still consider myself a beginner at. I also just like sitting at times outside with ye olde binoculars still.
My wife isn't talking to me this morning as I told her last night that I was going to spend half an hour outside with the dslr and a tripod just practicing a few wide field techniques and constellation shots. I told her that I wasn't going to be long and I she didn't have to worry as I wasn't going to get any telescopes out.
Well after about 20 mins of attempting wide field shots with just the camera and tripod

and being under that cloud clear sky (albeit moonlit) the urge became too much. The sky was calling me to give praise to it

. Before you know at I was like a madman under the moon

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So you know what happened next

, a telescope made an appearance. Although I did limit myself to about two hours, including setup and take down, which left me just a little over an hour of imaging both Eta Carina and M42. So I thought I had it under control

! But when I came in at around 2330h I found my wife had ditched me for bed and my space in bed had been claimed by my six year old

. So stayed up to around 0130h using DSS and adding to these posts

. I then had the pleasure of sleeping in a child's single bed

. I don't know what all the fuss is about

not as if I spent all night down the pub

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Looks like the other half will have her whip

out today and I will spend the day doing jobs, arguing

and looking after the kids

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However, I am sure it was worth it

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Regards
Gav