I have a theory...

[StuartJPP]

...that moonlight burns off cloud cover...what do you think?

Perfectly clear and calm by us tonight, and the moon is 86% up.

By my calculation people that work and don't have an observatory get exactly 1.68 days per year to do astrophotography. Of those 1.68 days half of them are spent fixing rig problems.

[Daniel-K]

Visual ia winning my heart back and my enjoyment for the hobby

[Tiny Small]

Threads that start with 'I have a theory' usually end up being absolute nonsense stemming from a misunderstanding of the word 'theory', a misunderstanding of science as a whole and general stupidity. This thread however is based on empirical evidence and therefore is a valid and accurate theory

[ChrisLX200]

...that moonlight burns off cloud cover...what do you think?

Perfectly clear and calm by us tonight, and the moon is 86% up.

By my calculation people that work and don't have an observatory get exactly 1.68 days per year to do astrophotography. Of those 1.68 days half of them are spent fixing rig problems.

I think you under-estimate the % time spent fixing rig problems....     At least for imagers anyway.

ChrisH