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Greetings from Longstanton, Cambridge


Sabri Zain

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Hello, fellow stargazers. I just got myself my first-ever telescope as a birthday present just over a month ago. It's just a tiny ETX-80 but I've had a first stab at astro-photography nonetheless (I arm-twisted the wife into getting me a Celestron Neximage CCD imager as her contribution to my birthday festivities - I have no shame).

The fruits of my labours so far attached below. I am an absolute newbie stargazer, so any criticism/advice/suggestions for improvement will be warmly welcome!

PS. I've noticed that my first single purchase of the telescope has led to an almost obsessive stream of almost daily purchases for various items I had never even remotely considered before - is this normal? My wife and bamk manager would like to know :)

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Hi and welcome to SGL. Looks like you've gotten off to an absolutely fantastic start!

PS. I've noticed that my first single purchase of the telescope has led to an almost obsessive stream of almost daily purchases for various items I had never even remotely considered before - is this normal? My wife and bamk manager would like to know :)

I too can confirm that this is entirely normal.:)

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Hi Sabri, welcome to the forum from me too :)

Top Tip #1

Remind your wife of your love for her as often as you can - and especially after any new equipment purchase. Also, flowers are always a good idea :happy1:

Top tip #2

Remind your bank manager that the main reason he still has a job is because 40,000 amateur astronomers in the UK played a big part in the bail-out of the high street banks 3 years ago :)

Jenna

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