Active amateur astronomers tend to be very aware of the weather for obvious reasons. That is another way of saying that we tend to complain about it a lot. And certainly if you are waiting for the perfect night, you won't be imaging or observing all that often. The Moon is up, or the clouds are out for part of the night, or the humidity is high and the scope stays unused.
What I have found is that if you grab the opportunities while they are there, you can get a lot more imaging done. For example last night, I setup and got only 3 hours of good data. On a perfect night I would have gotten 8 hours or slightly more. But 3 hours of data is still longer than many amateurs spend on an entire image!
I continued to image CTB 1. Here is the latest version.
What I have found is that if you grab the opportunities while they are there, you can get a lot more imaging done. For example last night, I setup and got only 3 hours of good data. On a perfect night I would have gotten 8 hours or slightly more. But 3 hours of data is still longer than many amateurs spend on an entire image!
I continued to image CTB 1. Here is the latest version.