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Welcome. I hope you enjoy the forum and have lots of fun. 🙂

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun and enjoy the forum. 🙂

What’s not to like about that!? 👍🙂

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun. 🙂

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun. 🙂 p.s. You don’t have to crawl into the wormhole, just fall happily. 👍

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun. 🙂

Uh oh! Another case on the horizon? 😈

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun on the journey, the learning curve, or the ‘ladder’. 🙂

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun with the forum. 🙂

Re the light pollution map, I stayed for a week in a cottage in a hamlet(?) called Sheigra, sometimes Shegra, north of Kinlochbervie and then north of Oldshoremore. The coastal road north stops there. The end. My dob and I travelled with high hopes - nay, more - this would be dark, dark, darkest black. The area is rated Bortle 1 on the map and may well be. How- e-e-ver, the half-dozen or so households in Sheigra - who leave their windows and doors unlocked 24/7 - have ‘security’ lighting! On all night! All night!! There are camper vans, too. And it can be cloudy. Five out of six were. A dob too far. I have had a couple of great nights on Skye and when the skies are good they are unbeatable. Nevertheless, I think one should travel in hope but always keep expectations to a manageable level. Maps are only maps. Just saying … 😑

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun with the forum and success with the AP. 🙂

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun on the learning curve … then with your new scope. A good place to start is on the FLO website and the section for beginners telescopes. Just click the banner at the top. 👍

Found myself in a similar situation on an outreach event. Set up my presentation (Keynote) on my iPad, checked that I could get it all to work and projected at the venue (an important requirement; no-one wants to sit and watch while you struggle with equipment and getting your slides in order!) and, like you, became extremely nervous. It all worked out fine and the presentation was well accepted. I’m sure it will with you, too. 🙂 The best advice I was given was to remember that (almost?) everyone there will know less than you. 👍

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun with/in the forum. 🙂

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun.

Lovely description. Thanks for bringing back memories. When you hit it right it can, indeed, take your breath away! 👍

Welcome. I’m not a mariner but I know what you mean about seeing the sky from the middle of an ocean. Second best is in the mountains about 20 miles from nowhere. Hope you have lots of fun. 🙂

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun and success with the AP. 🙂

Welcome. Have lots of fun. 🙂

Welcome. Impressive images. Keep enjoying and having fun. 🙂

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun and success with the imaging. 🙂

Welcome. That’s a great scope you have and will give wonderful views when you have EPs you’re happier with. Have lots of fun. 🙂

Lovely case. But the last three words say it all. 😈

Be lucky, Paul. Great idea. 🥳😎

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun on the re-entry trajectory. 🙂