Hi,
I'm from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. I've been fascinated with the night sky since I was a kid. I started out with a small 2.5 inch department store refractor and in my teens bought a 114mm equatorial reflector that has been my instrument for the last 20 years of off and on dedication to the hobby. I got a bit too busy during university and graduate school, and I didn't have much space where I was renting so my telescope sadly stayed in my parents' basement for a good chunk of those years. In the process of saving up for a larger scope, probably a 12 inch collapsible or truss Dobsonian. I love hunting down DSOs, challenging my observing skills even with my limited equipment.