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My photo of the Andromeda galaxy just hit 10,000 hours of total exposure time
I was adding up all my data from the past five years and the number just floored me. That's over a full year of my life spent collecting photons from a fuzzy patch my grandpa pointed out with binoculars. Anyone else ever get shocked by their own obsessive hobby math?
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piperbailey2mo agoTop Commenter
What gear did you use for that?
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joel_clark372mo agoTop Commenter
That "eats up the hours" part is the real kicker. It's not just the big blocks of time you can add up later, it's all the tiny moments you lose in between. You get stuck thinking about a single detail while you're doing the dishes or driving to work. The hobby starts running in the background of your brain, chewing through clock cycles you never even counted.
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wesleyb202mo ago
That "obsessive hobby math" thing hits home. I once added up all the time I spent building model ships as a teen, and it was something like two entire summers. Makes you realize how a quiet hobby just eats up the hours without you even noticing.
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robin5911mo ago
That "obsessive hobby math" makes me wonder if the real value is in how it trains your patience for everything else in life. 10,000 hours of waiting on a single target must give you a crazy good tolerance for delayed gratification.
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