Hi All,
I'm Shane from Sydney and followed an old work colleague of mine into the idea of astrophotography (particularly with the intent of capturing DSOs).
At the start of 2020, I got a Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro GoTo Mount and a
ZWO ASI290MM Mini Autoguider. The next step was to get a scope and I was thinking of using my old Nikon D60.
It's now 2021 and I literally haven't progressed from the start of 2020. I'd have thought COVID would've been a great opportunity to have got into it.
I do have 2 kids 5 and under and get woken up in the middle of the night often by them so am often tired. Have I jumped into this too soon!?
What I did end up doing was getting a set of entry level Celestron 20x80 binos, a phone mount adapter and shooting the moon with my phone through them
Nice and quick, no long/multiple exposures or stacking required.
But what to do with the other gear. Any advice for a busy/tired dad? Do I lug this equipment around (which is not a full set up) and maybe use it in 10 years time, or should I sell up and wait till the kids are older and I actually have more energy and rebuy stuff that's probably advanced since today. Any one been in the same boat?
Shane