It's my fault and I apologise for the clouds

[MarkyD]

Hi all from a newbie

Just to say since I bought my scope a week ago (Nexstar 102SLT) the south of the UK has been cloudy!   At the moment 80% of the information is going in one ear and out the other so hopefully I can gleam some knowledge about this hobby from SGL.  I've done some photography, star trails, milky way etc with my Canon 1D MkIII so I'm hoping to use that and the scope to at least get some pictures of the planets.  I'm based in the north end of the New Forest towards Salisbury.  Attached is one of the Milky Way I took on Monday evening with a rare capture of a meteor passing over (1 second delay on the shutter press and I would have missed it)

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Mark

[Bizibilder]

Hello Mark and welcome to SGL!!  That is an excellent picture.  As you have discovered, buying Astro equipment always leads to at least a week of solid cloud cover!!

[Grotemobile]

That is very good for a newbie.All i can

see here is, street lights.Good picture.

Steve.

[fondofchips]

Hi Mark & welcome to SGL.  A really nice picture, thanks for sharing it with us.

Good luck with the scope.

Cheers,

Fondofchips.

[glowjet]

Hi Mark and welcome to SGL, excellent picture of the Milky way

[HIP3802]

Hi, Mark, a warm welcome to SGL - and to the worlds of amateur astronomy! A great picture of the Milky Way, there - I just spent some time gazing at it to remind myself what the sky looks like without clouds!

[gingergeek]

Hi there and welcome to SGL

[Floater]

Welcome. Have fun with the hobby - that's what it's all about.

And while it's always good to have someone to blame for the clouds - from your great image it certainly wasn't cloudy on Monday ...!

[badger111]

Greetings from Maldon, Essex...

[Stargazer33]

Hi Mark and welcome to SGL and your first telescope! Very nice picture. The New Forest should give you some reasonable dark spots.

If you want to fit your DSLR to your mount you could use one of these together with a T ring to fit your camera.

Keep up the good work and clear skies!

[baggywrinkle]

Welcome to SGL...nice pic

[Stephen Green]

 Hi welcome to the SGL I like the detail of the image

   Stephen

[L8-Nite]

Hello, and welcome to SGL.  

[JamesM]

Hi Mark and welcome to the forum

Clear skies

[Charon]

Welcome aboard.

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire

[Jim Steele]

Hi mark, fantastic shot there! Welcombe to SGL

[swag72]

Hi Mark and welcome to SGL - Looks like you've already experienced the fundamental law of Murphy!! 

Look forward to seeing you around

[borobiffa]

Hi, as a (very) newbie I share your frustration. That is a great picture by the way..

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Mark!

Dana

[C7tsj]

Welcome to SGL.

Mark