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How do you keep astrophotography from taking over your life?

rustling-beech-11

I've been at this for a while now and still feel like a beginner.

This came up at work last week and I couldn't let it go.

Be gentle, I'm new here.

hollow-clover-31

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.

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woven-moth-8014 more

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

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silver-otter-85

woven-moth-80 wrote:

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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silver-reed-65

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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late-finch-933 more

woven-moth-80 wrote:

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

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still-beech-48

late-finch-93 wrote:

woven-moth-80 wrote:

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

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pale-beech-311 more

The cheap option was fine for years.

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sunlit-heron-44

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

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dusky-alder-647 more

woven-moth-80 wrote:

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

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mossy-birch-2

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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wild-hazel-645 more

dusky-alder-64 wrote:

woven-moth-80 wrote:

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

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bright-finch-50

wild-hazel-64 wrote:

dusky-alder-64 wrote:

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

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wild-moth-643 more

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

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bright-lichen-56

Could you share a photo?

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wild-moth-14

Have you tried asking in the local group too?

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slow-reed-47

Small correction, but the point stands.

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misty-reed-0

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.

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dusky-beech-23

The cheap option was fine for years.

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still-sedge-901 more

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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sunlit-wren-61

still-sedge-90 wrote:

Whatever you pick, pick it soon.

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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amber-yarrow-76

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

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silver-wren-49

Could you share a photo?

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bright-heron-601 more

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

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misty-sedge-67

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

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copper-reed-89

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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copper-yarrow-991 more

Have you tried asking in the local group too?

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still-reed-50

copper-yarrow-99 wrote:

Have you tried asking in the local group too?

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

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