Cumbrianwolf Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Good evening to you all, my probably long-winded life story / introduction! The last time I had the current kit out was in 2015 as confirmed by my handset details, this was due to suffering a long term debilitating lower back issue meant I only just glimpsed into the realms of astrophotography before I threw the towel in and sold the majority of my good eyepieces and the synguider, which in hindsight was silly, but that is the way it goes. I was previously not physically able to move the kit back and forth from the house, and an observatory or fixed pier was not a choice at this location. Needless to say I am much better now and learning to live with the issue, so I took the plunge, cleaned the mirrors, collimated the scope, charged the powerbank up, set the mount up and out I went with my zoom eyepiece and I enjoyed the evening until everything froze over. On a serious note, I am really considering reducing the optical size of the telescope in the near future to something more practical as this 10-inch-254 mm parabolic mirrored Newtonian and the NEQ6 mount is not that much fun to shift back and forth into the house as I found out! Look forward to picking your brains and hopefully catching up with old members from astronomyshed. Respect and peace, John. Current kit specifications are: TS GSO 10" 254 mm f/ 4 1016 mm parabolic imaging Newtonian 2” Monorail Crawford focuser with a 10:1 gear option. Skywatcher NEQ6 SkyScan Pro TS Optics 2" Newtonian Telescope Coma Corrector for f/4 optics TS Optics 80 mm Guide Scope Canon EOS 7D Camera Sky-Watcher 22Ah Power Tank (Yuasa battery upgrade) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmot Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Welcome to the Yard ‘Cumbrian Wolf’ (good name). I hope you find this a good place to spend some time and swap ideas and get and give advice. Welcome aboard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Hello and welcome to the forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Welcome to the forum John. Quote 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Welcome John to the forum, hope you enjoy it here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrianwolf Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 A small Addendum: I am really enjoying this small and growing forum, as I have found you all to be welcoming. Other forums that I had joined have either shunned me or ignored my comments / questions for whatever reasons. I am thinking they thought I was a total newbie who will pester them with silly questions that their massive brains do not want to make the effort upon and they of course do no want to share the hidden secrets, I got that on a few metal detecting forums in the past, I prefer to be an ambassador for my hobbies. I may be a relative newbie to astrophotography via the newer methods as all in PC controlled kit, but the other side of the hobby was visual and film astrophotography over a few decades, so I must have learnt something. Likewise, I guess if you do not give the time of day to someone, you can never really know what they do know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Glad you are finding the forum welcoming John as that is exactly how we hoped it would be and indeed is. I too am also anxious to get the gear out again as I have a few targets I would like to get some more data on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galileo Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Hi John welcome 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrianwolf Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Galileo said: Hi John welcome 😀 A bit late now, as I have been here since last year.😁 👍 Thank you. Edited April 29, 2022 by Cumbrianwolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galileo Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 yes I know, just boosting my post count 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrianwolf Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 Just now, Galileo said: yes I know, just boosting my post count 😁 Fair enough, boost away. I have been absent from the group for a little while as lots of changes in my life at the moment, car getting written off by a deer and that to sort out which took ages and lots of hassle as well as looking for a new location to rent, it is all go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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