Hi from Guildford

[Paul N]

Well, I got my first scope (Skywatcher 150P) on Oct 15th 2011 and since that very night I have been pretty much addicted! I pointed it at the Moon and put in maximum magnification eyepieces and was blown away by the crisp detail! I bought one of those SPC800 webcams on the day too and so I got a recording of my first ever session . It's been a steep learning curve, and after upgrading my EQ 3-2 mount with RA + DEC drives + polarscope and borrowing a Canon EOS 7D and trying out some long exposures I'm utterly hooked on Deep Sky! I will attach my current best image of the Orion Nebula made up of 9x2min subs ISO 800 stacked in DeepSkyStacker along with darks and bias (but no flats), taken on 27/11/11 at Albury Heath (it was the first time I had joined a group, namely Astronomy4Everyone.). Nice to find more people interested in that which lies beyond our little bubble

[glowjet]

Hi Paul and welcome to SGL, by the look of your first image of M42 you seem to have done extremely well in such a short space of time

John.

[Rusty Strings]

Hi and welcome

Very nice M42

[robbie c]

Hi Paul and welcome to SGL cracking image you got there well done

[DOBBY]

Hi Paul...& welcome to the forum...

been tempted by the dark-side already!!

[Mr Spock]

Hi Paul, great image. Welcome to SGL

[Telrad]

Hi Paul welcome to SGL. You have done very well, that image is fantastic. Keep going!

[todd8137]

hi and welcome from me

[Charon]

Welcome to the forum Paul. Cracking image mate.

[Nosivad]

Hi Paul and welcome. Great image of M42!

[faulksy]

hi paul and welcome. great image fella

[swamp thing]

Hi Paul

Welcome to the forum

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[Tinker1947]

Welcome to SGL.

[damnut]

Hi Paul N,

Warm welcome to SGL, and a terriffic image too.

Cheers

[Astro Imp]

Hi Paul,

Welcome to the forum.

You must be very pleased with your M42, great image, well done.

[Bizibilder]

Hello Paul and welcome to SGL!! That is an exellent M42 - well done!

[Double Kick Drum]

Hi and welcome to the lounge.

Nice pic of M42, M43 and the Running Man nebula.

[saturn4me]

Hi and welcome to SGL:)

Look's like you're already enjoying you're new scope.

[Paul N]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. Much appreciated!

[ScubaMike]

Hi Paul,

Welcome to the forums

[pessoa]

Hi and welcome, great image.

[JamesM]

Hi Paul and welcome to the forum

Clear skies

James

[Rapallokid]

Hi and welcome from me.

[Orion_the_Hunter]

Hi & welcome, that's a great Orion Nebula pic!

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Paul!

Dana