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4 minutes ago, iapa said:

It’s proto-Slavic for ‘far’ as in distance.

So do you like linguistics too? 🙂  I enjoyed a lot reading your message in Scots (was it actually Scots?). Am I right if I suppose you live somewhere in Scotland? 🤔

14 minutes ago, rwilkey said:

Hi Christian, the C100ED-R is a great scope, I use mine for visual only.  Good luck and clear skies!

Indeed. At first I also only did visual with the C100ED-R but now I mostly use it for astrophotography with an Orion 0.8x focal reducer (there is also a 0.6x focal reducer and corrector manufactured by Long Perng but I haven’t tested it yet). Furthermore, I’ve been looking for either the Celestron 80ED or the 80D Onyx for years with no luck.

12 minutes ago, BCN_Sean said:

Greetings from the empty end of the province, o bé, benvingut al fòrum.

😀 Encantat. Per cert, molt txula la teva Web.

Christian de Vallirana, també estic a AstroAmics per si hi ets. Al final ens acabarem per conèixer tots.

Bon cap de setmana,

42 minutes ago, iapa said:

Ach weel, disnae matter - ah ken wit youse’r gabbin aboot

 

Thank you very much for your message in Scots, iapa. It was cool to read it 🙃

Where's Dalèkъ?

15 minutes ago, barbulo said:

En realidad español residente en Alemania. No hablo mucho alemán. 
(Actually, Spanish residing in Germany. Don’t manage German language)

 

Hola, barbulo. Encantado de conocerte. Catalán de nacimiento 😀.

7 minutes ago, barbulo said:

¡Bienvenido a SGL!
Wish you lots of fun!

Vielen Dank! 

Schön, Sie kennenzulernen, barbulo. Ich kann auch Deutsch, aber noch nicht als ob meine Muttersprache wäre. Ich studiere deutsche Philologie 😊

bis bald,

Chris

Hi there! Christian from Vallirana, a town near Barcelona, Spain

I bought my first achromatic doublet in 2014 on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of Galileo but I didn’t really start in amateur astronomy until 2019. I have been making many good friends and acquaintances since then. At the present time, I own several mounts, telescopes, and other astronomy gear. My main mounts are a Vixen Saturn with OnStep and a Losmandy G11 and my largest aperture telescope an Orion UK VX12 300mm f4. For wide-field astrophotography, I use above all a Celestron 100ED-R reduced to f7.2 and a Dörr Danubia Space & Field 80 f6 made by Vixen for Dörr in the 80s.

After taking a look at this site I decided to join the community to keep meeting other hobbyists, and sharing my experiences and knowledge.