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I was really into the hobby for several years. The local astronomy club was great. They had many guys willing to help me learn. It was weird to go to a "star party" and it was just so dark I could not see the people I was talking to. It was funny to go to a meeting at the local planetarium and actually see the people I had talked to for hours.
One of the guys pointed out once it was a great hobby if you were an adulterer. Just head out with the telescope on a clear night and tell the wife "Honey I will be home at dawn" we all laughed and then he said he was more interested in finding all the Messier objects than finding a girlfriend. We all agreed we were nerds.
That was back in the stone ages before digital photography. It was a real pain to "hyper" the film, and try to get the sensitivity up to more than ISO 400. Now with digital it is so easy to set it for ISO 6400 or more and still get great detail.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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