Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 2005
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Southern Stars. The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (ISSN 0049-1640), Vol. 44, No. 3, p. 3 - 5 (2005)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Amateur Astronomy
Scientific paper
Trials and tribulations affect our everyday lives. If you happen to be an amateur astronomer, and live in New Zealand's largest city then there are a number of extra problems you'll find yourself having to deal with. I realise that amateur astronomers 10 to 15 years ago had the painstaking task of analysing data by hand, which, depending on the amount of data obtained, quite often took many hours and even days to complete. It was thought that this and other challenges were somewhat more demanding than there are today. With this in mind I ask myself, "could I be a lazy astronomer?" or "am I just lucky to be working in today's high tech world of CCD camera technology and computer controlled equipment?" All this new equipment appears to make the job simpler, but does it really? No matter how these questions are answered, we must all remember to keep problems in perspective as our fabulous technology evolves. The issues facing amateurs today are just as time consuming and difficult as those our counterparts faced in the past. The progression of time continues to throw new challenges our way and meeting them will always be an issue we will have to face.
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