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Announcements

Have a quick look in here to read all about new developments, changes, upcoming ideas, etc!

Welcome - introduce yourself

Welcome to our friendly and polite astronomy forum! Please do introduce yourself and say hello 🙂

Backyard Astro Lounge

General chat area for us amateur astronomers...

Astronomy Events

Astronomy events and starparties!

Sponsor Announcements

A place for the Sponsor to post about new products / product availability:

Getting started - equipment advice

What telescope? What mount? What can I see, and what can I photograph? Post your questions here!

Astro imaging for beginners

Getting started in astrophotography? Post your questions here - no such thing as a silly question 🙂

Visual observing for beginners

Just starting using a telescope? Ask here, we've all been there!

Lunar & Planetary imaging

Discussions about imaging the moon and planets with a camera and a telescope.

Deep Sky imaging

Discuss and share your deepsky images here.

Solar imaging

Imaging the sun (with a safe solar filter) is very rewarding because no two solar images are the same.

Visual observing at night

Observing the night sky with a telescope, binoculars, or by naked eye.

Solar observing

With a solar filter of course!

Cameras

Telescopes

Mounts

Astronomy Software

Electronic accessories

Dew Control, Motor focusers, USB Hubs, Power distribution, Filter Wheels, you name it!

Hardware, adaptors, nut & bolts

Connecting this and that...

3D Printing and DIY Astronomy

Share your projects, designs and ideas here! To share .STL files, just upload them to your favourite .STL download service and put a link in your post. Easy!

Observatories

Equipment reviews

All about the gear - remember you can review equipment but not suppliers - see the Terms of Use if you're unsure.

Show us your astro gear