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Hej Chris I am sure that you have darker skies than I do.... About danish, I use to tell my english speaking friends that danish is very easy: Fjernsyn = Television and Køleskab = Refrigerator Have you ever watched "The Julekalender"? Feel free to hit my up next time you visiting Copenhagen Clear skies Torben

I am sure that brand loyaly is even more prevalent amoing beer drinkers (such as myself) 🫢

It sure is....IF you use it for its intended purpose...WIde Field. Last year I had is cleaned and colimated but Scientifics Online (1 of the 2 companies that Edmund Scientitics was split into).....the cost was a mere USD 75 (+shipping). I also opted to get a Red Dot finder (factory-)installed at the same time. Interestingly, the "part" that Edmunds Scientifc was split into is Edmund Optics, and to this day, they still manufacture the original RKE eyepieces. You are right about the past, however I actually enjoy my scopes even more now, after all I have acquired them twice now 😊 Clear skies!

Thanks Gonariu...thanks for the words. 10 years ago I went thru very difficult times...and had to sell all my equipment (Takahashi, Questar, Celestron and Canon).....only scope I didnt sell was my Edmund Astroscan. Starting again was not difficult.....but re-acquiring equipment was not cheap though😉

Well..thruth told, I can´t taste the difference between a Tuborg or Carlsberg either......(my own favorite is "Leffe Blonde" (pss...don´t tell anyone!)

You didn´t taste our beer? Clear skies Denmark

My frined is also using DuckDuckGo as well....I think I will give it a try Clear skies Torben

Hi Rory - very helpfull indeed, miuch appreciated. I gotta say...I admire your pics (and location)....

Hi Tony.....I really feel for you with all those building popping up! And thanks for the nice comments about Denmark 😃 Clear skies

Hi Harry. Thanks a lot for the reply I highly appreaciated Unfortunately the problem vanished w/o me doig anything. I once complained aboutr a strange noice from at A/C unit at a building just opposite my bedroom window. After spending hours on tracking down who was responsible for the maintenance and even pursuading home to call a technician....when the technician showed the next afternoon - the noice had dissapeared....... Clear skies Torben

Hi Tony True...in the sense that if I (attempt) to observe from within the very city center of Copenhagen, then the level of light polution is on par with the all of the greater London area. Since Copenhagen is a LOT smaller than London area-wise, it doesn´t take much effort got get at least one better on better on the Bortle Scale. I am in the outskirts of Copenhagen, and luckily my balcony faces SSW - towards the straight between Denmark and Sweden, so for planets I am fine....as well as Deep Sky Astrophotogry (obviously with filters). That said.....I have actually seen some deep-sky objects from the Round Tower in Copenhagen. This tower has an interesting history....altought it´s part of the Church of Trinitatis, it never served as a Church tower, but was specifically built by Christian IV as an Observatory for the University of Copenhagen and was inaugurated as such at 1642 (but got it´s first telescope on Fun facts: Jean Picard visited the observatory in 1671 - although is actual purpose was to establish the actuel precise georgaphical location of Tycho Braha´s old observatoy at the island of Hveen (located in the straight between Denmark and Sweden, which he visited together with Ole Rømer - who then became Picard´s assistant from 1672 until 1681 Ole Rømer was became the Director of the observatoy in 1685 - but his famous discovery of the speed of light was done in paris in 1676. Although the it losts it´s status as observatoy of the University of Copenhagen in 1861, it continued as a observatoty nonetheless, and is still active today, but with 6" Mertz which were installed in 1929. It is claimed to be the oldest, still active, observatory in the world. (Paris established 1671 and Greenwich 1675) Clear skies Torben

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After years on CN & Astromart + the danish astronet.dk, I guess it´s high time I get more active here...especially asI am now travelling to the UK more frequently. Being 58, but out of "business" for 20 years, I have bounced back over the last to year....having rebuilt my telescope collection and started observing again. Looking forward to be part of this community. "Accept cookies issue" I keep getting the "Accept Cookies" "option", but when I accept, the "option" pops up again. (I am using Firefox) Can anyone suggest a solution?

Hi Rory I have been planning to visit Shetlands (from Denmark) for quite a while. As I would definately bring a scope, I wonder if you could suggeest a few places for accomodation outside of Lerwick or, if you could point be to a good ressource? Clear skies Torben Copenhagen

This is my first post on SGL - but not the last🙂 Being the happy owner of the following Takahashi scopes and mounts, I guess I have to confess that I suffering from Takahashititis..... FC-50 FS-60Q TG-SP SKY Patrol 2 Mount TM-SP Mount To my defense, I also have a Celestron C5+ & C6 Tube, a ZWO Seestar S50, Edmund Astroscan and a 70 mm Mak of which I will not even mention the brand Clear skies to all Torben Copenhagen