You know you are obsessed with star gazing when...

[Rockrae78]

... you finally buy the picnic bench you've been wanting for ages, and then spend the entire time building it thinking 'How can I build a pier into the centre so I can sit on any of the seats to look through the scope?'

Think OH may kill me if I try though...

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

You just say you have installed an enhanced, extra secure integrated parasol stand according to the latest EU directives, and then act all surprised that the mount fits

[Stargazer33]

... or a super stable hub for a Lazy Susan...and. Oh! Look, my telescope mount just happens to fit the top. Isn't that funny? What a coincidence!

[Richie092]

convert an infra red patio heater to mount on the pier, or a bird table etc. Then as southerndiver357 said... "you know what, I think my mount might fit on that too"

[jonathan]

...you can't watch Alien or Prometheus without thinking that the space jockey was actually an astronomer who took his hobby a bit too far.

[Rockrae78]

You just say you have installed an enhanced, extra secure integrated parasol stand according to the latest EU directives, and then act all surprised that the mount fits

just spat my coffee all over my iPad! Haven't laughed so much in ages!

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

just spat my coffee all over my iPad! Haven't laughed so much in ages!

Fortunately iPads are easier to clean than keyboards

[cotterless45]

It would make a good Dob base,

Nick.

[Rockrae78]

It would make a good Dob base,

Nick.

That would be a mahoosive dob!

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

That would be a mahoosive dob!

50"?

[L8-Nite]

You know your obsessed when you buy lots of equipment for stargazing and live in the UK.

Its kind of like...........

You know your obsessed when you buy lots of surfing equipment and live out in the Desert.

Edit: I think I'm slightly obsessed, a lot of gear getting virtually no use.

[jason.p]

.....when you can't look at a shed, greenhouse, outbuilding etc without trying to work out how to convert it into an observatory

[Ant]

The amount of times I've thought something similar

[Demonperformer]

... when you are the only person you know who is glad the days will now start to get shorter and the nights will get longer