StevieA

Hi Jamie, welcome to SGL.

Indeed. Chris is a very engaging and informative speaker. If only all my teachers had been like that!

Hi Richard, welcome to the forum.

Steve

It was pretty much grab it while I could!

I had poor luck with NEOWISE due to generally cloudy skies. So I took a punt last week (23/7), setting up a camera pointing to where I thought the comet would be, and was lucky when the clouds dispersed for a few minutes, and got a bunch of 15 second exposures!

11 minutes ago, teoria_del_big_bang said:

Sounds great I love Norfolk and Suffolk. I have tried the lifestyle thing but she is quite a lot younger and still working so that didn't work.

Steve

Ah, yes! I can appreciate that!

BTW, love the quote in your sig! It rings so true for me! 🤗

7 hours ago, teoria_del_big_bang said:

Steve,

Welcome to SGL. I too have retired just recently (well semi-retired still doing a bit of part time from home) and would love a move to darker (and clearer) skies but persuading the missus to move is going to be difficult.

You are in a marvelous part of the UK with good weather and so your learning curve should be an enjoyable one and always lots of help on here. I only started the journey around 2 years ago and this forum has been a real "God Send" and saved me lots of time and wasted cash.

Good luck with the journey 🙂 

Steve

I am looking foward to it. When I was young the sky always seemed so clear, even in town! But having spent many years near Cambridge I am used to sodium yellow!!!

In comparison, my new sky's are gorgeous!! Perhaps the lure of a quieter, less hectic lifestyle might help the missus appreciate a location with darker skies!! lol 😆

Steve

Thank you all for the warm welcome. I am looking forward to turning the day on it's head, and spending many nights under the sky!

Hello Everyone,

Having a long time love of the night sky, the combination of retirement and a move to a reasonably dark site in Norfolk is hopefully going to lead to a more active observing life.

I am also aiming to get more involved in astrophotography, so I forsee quite a learning curve ahead!

Cheers all!

Steve