Indeed. It forces the question: What is the point of amateur astrophotography? If you just want to admire the results, go to https://welcome.astrobin.com/ htt

Indeed. It forces the question: What is the point of amateur astrophotography? If you just want to admire the results, go to https://welcome.astrobin.com/ https://welcome.astrobin.com/ for photos that are better than most people will ever have time or budget to accomplish in a lifetime. So if you want to do it yourself, the end result is not the point of doing it. The process of doing it yourself is really the only point, to enjoy doing it. The journey is the destination in astrophotography. Since these automatic telescope cameras bypass the human process they fail at delivering that enjoyment and they also fail at delivering the end result quality. So what is the purpose?