New to Forum

[jtlandreneau]

Hello All!

I'd say I'm new to the hobby, I've owned my first telescope now for 3 months (AstronomersWithoutBorders 130mm f/5 Newtonian), have been dabbling in astrophotography and loving every minute of it. Looking forward to insight from the forum for improving my technique. I attached some of my latest pictures for critique. Comments are always welcome!

Clear Skies!

[swag72]

Hi and welcome to SGL - looks like you are making a cracking start to imaging. Much better than anything I started put with!

Great to have you on board, look forward to seeing more from you.

[jtlandreneau]

Thanks! These are the "best of" since I started autoguiding. I'll probably be frequenting the imaging area of the forum - so far I'm not convinced that someone needs to break the bank to get at least recognizable pictures. I certainly haven't had any complaints!

[Bizibilder]

Hello and welcome to SGL - Those are pretty good pictures!  Do you use a DSLR camera?  Are you pictures single frame or stacked images?

[jtlandreneau]

With exception to M27, these were taken with a Canon T3 DSLR (the sensor recently broke, upgraded to the T3i). All of them are ~45min total exposure time using 2 minute subs @ ISO800, stacked with DeepSkyStacker

[Mr Spock]

Nice collection of images. Welcome to SGL

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire  fantastic collection of images!

[purdo]

Hi & Welcome to SGL.  Great images you have there, congratulations, especially only having your scope for a couple of months.

[laudropb]

Hello and welcome to the SGL. Lovely photos

[JamesM]

Hi and welcome to the forum. Looks like you are making a good start in astrophotography - long may it continue

Clear skies and enjoy the forum

James

[szymon]

Hello and welcome. Nice images!

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[jtlandreneau]

Are most people here from England?

[szymon]

Many seem to be! But there are also many folks who are not...

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[ctstetson]

Hello jtlandreneau, your images are quite good, a much better start than my first shots. Welcome to the forum.

[Charon]

Welcome aboard.

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Jtlandreneau!

Red Sox fan?

Dana

[glowjet]

Are most people here from England?

Hi Jtlandreneau and welcome to SGL, you have had a busy three months, resulting in some nice images. In answer to your inquiry, as you would expect the majority of forum members are UK based, but we also have a big input from the major countries and many more members from other parts of the World. SGL ranks as one of the top Astronomy forums that exist to-day. Enjoy your imaging

[jtlandreneau]

Welcome to SGL, Jtlandreneau!

Red Sox fan?

Dana

Red Sox country! I'm one of the few Pittsburgh Pirates fans

[HIP3802]

Hi, jtlandreneau, and a warm welcome to SGL!

[gingergeek]

Hi there and welcome to SGL

[C7tsj]

Great images, welcome to the forum.

Mark

[Jim Steele]

Hello and welcome to SGL. Fantastic images and I must say impressive for a new starter, gives me hope though I'm into my visual art the moment.

Good luck and clear skies