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Chris Wales

Chris Wales

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Hello there,

Chris here from beautiful Pembrokeshire in SW Wales. Just joined after meeting S Wales moderator Matthew- and bought a fantastic SW 400 goto dob- see the pic. 

I started in Jan 2014 with a SW 150 eq3, then bought a grand old Fullerscope 213 x 1600 on a heavy steel eq mount, lovely scope. The an autostar LX90, added a wedge for eq tracking. I'm a newbie in planetary and dso imaging, and also astro video which is great fun!

Actually had a 'First light on first night' with the 400 last night. Quick collimation check. Easy 2 star alignment and slewing bang on Jupiter, wonderful views of the belts and storms- then onto the Leo galaxies with views I had never seen before, quite breathtaking, I had never seen the full extent of the galaxies.

So cheers Matt and clear skies!

Chris

Pics, the 400, and recent image of Jupiter with LX90 and ZWO 120C

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JamesM

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Hi Chris and welcome to the forum. Well that is quite a move from 130mm to 400mm I expect you are still on a state of shock!  :grin:  Nice image of Jupiter by the way and look forward to seeing more images as and when they arrive.

Clear skies and hope you enjoy your stay here.

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JonC

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You should get some nice dark sky's there, I spent a great week at the Dale field studies centre many years ago as part of a uni environmental course.

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Starcluster

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Hi Chris , welcome to the Lounge.I' m a bit of a newbie myself having recently joined. I too have a sky cannon, the 300 mill dob as you can see. I have had some glourious wide field views of the moon thanks to the ExploreScientific 2 inch eypiece. I can hardly wait to view thePleiades cluster( missed out due to bad weather and timing of Dob purchase) I see that you too have a astrozap scope cover, good for protection and unwanted stray light. I love these flex tube, uncomplicated, push to Dobsonians. With your 14 inch mirror and dark sight, you could well be in grasp of observing the Horsehead nebula. Cheers,,,,.Mark

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