Psychobilly Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 If my maths are right and the Admin's haven't been having a play this shoudl be a significant Milestone for me....Well it hardly seems like yesterday I made my "introduction" to SGL... (5/08 2008)... Hi my names Peter SmithI live in Glais which is a village about 7 miles from Swansea in South WalesI have just recently finished my DIY observatory and am interested in using Nikon DSLR's for Astroimaging...Some of you will know me form another place...I have a CPC800XLT which i mount on a pier in the observatory , I also have a Skywatcher Equinoxe-66 Pro with a william Optics Field Flattner III and Hutech IDAS Filter fitted to the 8" with guiderings. I am currently into widefield imaging using a D200 on the "66" whilst autoguiding using a DSI II C on the 8"... I have always been a bit backward when it come things like that...I also appologies in advance for the many typos that you will see in my posts as due to circumstances beyond my control the left hand lags behind the right somewhat when typing...Billy...And my early attempts at Astrrphotography - A period when I was in "space tourist mode" spending an hour on a target and stretching it to breaking point to get a pic before slewing off to the next oneTo learning the error of my ways and with the help and advice of the members of SGL to where I was when I "retired" for Astrophotography...I am about to reach the 30K post milestone and become a Neutron Star "An SGL First" - I hope it doesn't wipe out life on the forum and I can continue to enjoy this great friendly online community as well as the "real world" friends I have made and met at the various SGL Starparties.It's been an interesting journey over the last 6 years and looking forward to the next milestone...Who knows I might even come out of "retirement" and start doing some Astrophotography again... Only playing though nothing TOO SERIOUS as it will only be with a DSLR and Camera lenses - Sorry Olly I couldn't resist Well the Wiki definition seems to FIt... I have underlined and italicized the relevant bit's I'm a Dense remnant in a state of collapseA neutron star is a type of stellar remnant that can result from the gravitational collapse of a massive star after a supernova. Neutron stars are the densest and smallest stars known to exist in the universe;So wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and lets hope for Clear skies as well...Psychobilly - AKA Peter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul mc c Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Amazing.....im in awe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I can feel the electromagnetic radiation already - well done Peter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Well done mate . heres to another 30 000. and yeah, come out of retirement you dense remnant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobilly Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 I can feel the electromagnetic radiation already - well done Peter!It's all your fault anyway Steve - You suggested I pop over to have a look at SGL and got me into astrophotography with your Canon 300D images ...Peter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingevader Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Hello Peter, and a warm welcome to SGL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Congratulations on reaching 30,000. I reckon that works out as a smidge under thirteen posts per day, every day, but I won't make a big thing about that if you don't I feel a bit astro-geeky that I recognised the image as Auriga before reading the caption, from the "bent tuning fork" asterism in the middle of the frame James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Fantastic contribution to the site. Well done mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobilly Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 After a bit of searching I found my first ever astrophotgraph take with a Meade DSI-1C on a Meade ETX105EC in EQ mode on the #884 Field tripod...Peter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Well done mate. Beat me to it - by quite a fair margin as well.Always enjoyed your posts, keep'em coming.Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 It's all your fault anyway Steve - You suggested I pop over to have a look at SGL and got me into astrophotography with your Canon 300D images ...One of my better suggestions - your contribution to SGL has always been appreciated. I've still got that old 300d and it still works a treat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobilly Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Ok I should fess up... I suppose this is really my first ever astrophotograph - M57 ETX-105 and Meade DSI 1C with the tracking switched off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charon Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Well done Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiwelly Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Congratulations and for C sake don't impload we need your wisdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobilly Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Congratulations and for C sake don't impload we need your wisdomIf you find it can you please tell me where it is ? It went missing a few years ago.... I sometimes feel a bit of a fraud when I post about DSLR astrophotography because I haven't really done any for such a long time I guess newer members probably haven't seen what I used to get up to which is why I recently uploaded some of the images to my Flickr! photostream the other day...I have drifted back to terrestrial photography and am out basically from dawn until dusk these days rather than Dusk to Dawn like I used to be... Ironically I only got into the astro side of things as I wanted to add rich star fields to night time cityscapes...Peter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirius Starwatcher Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Well Peter, what can one say. Very inspiring , thank you for all your input over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uranium235 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Well done mate, it hardly seems like 5min ago since I was pestering you with PMs about AP, and your advice back then certainly helped me make the right choices over the years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizibilder Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 That is quite an achievement! You certainly have made your mark on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronl Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 What a great achievement, a very big thank you for your help and advice,you probably have helped or advised most folk over the years, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Steele Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Well done peter a fantastic achievement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Congratulations for getting to 30 thousand posts- what an achievement! Sorry to be late to the party - the PC was out of commission for some radical housekeeping.Thank you Peter, for your valuable contribution to making SGL a great community. I for one, have enjoyed your photography 'evolution' over the years,and benefited from your amazing generosity and advice.Well done to my favourite Welshman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsatuser Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 :icon_salut: :icon_salut: Well done.Always a pleasure seeing your posts down the bottom end of the forum, in the togs section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToxoLight Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Congratulations Peter from a mere novice at these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowjet Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Great achievement Peter, I am fighting my way to 10,000, I have the bottle ready to go on chill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobilly Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 :icon_salut: :icon_salut: Well done.Always a pleasure seeing your posts down the bottom end of the forum, in the togs section.They don't count othetwise I'd have broken through 30k ages ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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