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Hot take: I logged 47 backyard sessions in 90 days and only 9 were worth it, here's the trap I fell into
I started keeping a log back in April and hit 47 nights with the scope by the end of June. Only 9 of those gave me a view I would call sharp, and the rest were me fighting haze, porch lights, and my own bad habit of setting up too late. The number that really got me was 31: that is how many times I dragged everything out after the sky had already gone soupy, just because I felt like I had to use the gear. I live near Columbus and the west side of my street has three new LED floods that came on in May, which wrecked the two spots I used for years. One night I checked my log and saw I had spent more time hauling the tripod than actually looking up, so I started checking a clear sky site before I touch a single case. If you log your sessions, what is the one number in your notes that made you change how you do this?
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the_lucas1mo ago
Man, that 31 hits close to home. Mine was 11 clear nights in a row last fall where I set up anyway and got nothing but moon glare and jet trails, all because the gear was already in the car. Now I pull up the clear sky chart first and if it looks bad I just don't go, even if the scope is begging me from the closet. Sorry about those LED floods too, losing a spot you used for years stings.
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