Well as i have mentioned Tony, this has been going on for so long now, into the third year of very bad prospects of clear nights , and getting worse,this may well improve over the coming years , but like you i truely dont think it warrants all my money tied up in this imaging .

I shall personally give it one more winter ,if things dont improve ,then its goodbye DSO imaging.

Its only a hobby i know , but does tend to take over ones life.

But lets not give up hope just yet , the weather pattern could change ,or is that wishful thinking .

HAve no fear tony, I’m going to spend my time over the next few cloudy nights gathering all the hairdryers in I can get my hands on in cambridgeshire and point them skywards :) Should be able to clear you a patch mate, :)

Seriously though, I do just enjoy sitting in my garage looking at both setups and re- arranging wires in my tool box, Sad eh :)

That's good to know Jon, just let me know nice & early so I can get setup in double time! (and no, what you do isn't sad, I'm sure most of us do that on the quiet!).

I think you hit the nail on the head there Rog, and there's the paradox. It does takes over your life, but we do so little of it! If it wasn't for the Ha filter, it'd be a lot less..

If push came to shove and I had to sell the imaging kit, it'd be a wrench but it wouldn't kill me. I still really enjoy observing and I think I always will so I'll always have a scope (or two :wink: ) but whilst I've had a surprisingly good first year imaging, if I had to give it up tomorrow I think I'd be relatively philisophical about it.

Funnily, it's not just the prospect of clear nights that keeps me optimistic, it's also remembering good times at star parties, both cloudy and clear always puts a smile on my face. And of course there's this place.....

Tony..

I,m not finishing Tony , if it came to it ,i would sell the imaging and scopes ,and get an 14 inch SCT for visual pleasure , imaging Lunar and Planets only , a few year on and the Planets will come good .

In Taunton this has been a much better winter for clear nights than the last two with at least twice as many... but, I've been unable to take advantage of most of them :embarrassed::angryfire:

James

In Taunton this has been a much better winter for clear nights than the last two with at least twice as many... but' date=' I've been unable to take advantage of most of them :embarrassed::angryfire:

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You want to have a word with that boss of yours mate... :).

You want to have a word with that boss of yours mate... :).

She's bigger than me...

Oh, you mean THAT boss? Nah, he's not the problem. It's usually the nippers that get in the way somehow!

:lol: If it's not the boss, it's L'Missus,. If it's not L'Missus, it's the kids.....