Equipment is an integral part of the astrophotography hobby. I try my best to let my astrophotography skills and aspirations lead the need for new "toys" and not the opposite (it's very easy to desire a bigger fancier scope - it's harder to develop the skills to fully exploit it once you get it though...).
This is a photographic journey down memory lane - as I retrace, to some extent, the scopes and tools that I've used throughout.
Although my fascination with astronomy can be traced back to my junior year at UC Davis in 1999, when as part of a course I first looked through a newtonian 8", I did not buy a telescope until 2011, and did not go into astrophotography until 2012.
