Hi from Milton Keynes isn

[Grinzzzz]

Hi all,

long (3 years?) lurker here finally decided to bite the bullet and join! I used this site when selecting our first (real) kit, a skywatcher 200p, thats still serving us well.

However I've recently got the imaging bug and try as I might I cant quite get the hang of it just by reading so time to ask some questions over the next few weeks; hope I'm not too much of a pain asking the same old questions that have come up a million times!

Have taken a few, some good,

some not so good!

Regards

Andy

[jason.p]

Hi Andy, and welcome to SGL. I'm not into imaging myself (yet) but there are plenty here who are and Im sure will be only too willing to answer your questions. (your pics look good to me!)

Good luck

Jason

[chesty]

hi andy welcome to sgl . not to far away from me hemel hempstead here. btw your pics look great

[tich]

Hi & welcome to SGL, I like your Dumbell nebula picture & your M51 picture is much better than what I've managed to do.

[swamp thing]

Hi Andy

Glad to read you've decided to come in out of the cold. A warm welcome to the SGL.

[todd8137]

Hi and welcome from me

pat

[gingergeek]

Hi there and welcome to SGL

[JamesF]

Welcome to SGL

James

[Charon]

Hi Andy.

[paul schofield]

Hello Andy and welcome to SGL. Your pics look good to me. Good to have you on-board. You will get all the help and advice you need on here.

Paul.

[dwc]

Welcome.

Are you aware of the MK Astronomical Society? They are running an Introduction to Astrophotography talk this Friday.

http://www.mkas.org.uk/

[Tinker1947]

Welcome to SGL, Andy

[MorningMajor]

Hi Andy and welcome

3 years lurking and not saying hello? - I'm hurt! lol

Even your bad shots are good - look forward to seeing more

[ToxoLight]

Hi Andy and welcome to the lounge.

[sologuitarist61]

Hi Andy and welcome. If those are your first images then you are certainly on the right road - well done.

[Grinzzzz]

Thanks for the welcomes and kind words about my photo efforts. Not my first shots - the first were full of bright lines wriggling everywhere, followed by lots of photos of scope covers, feet and a rather nice one of the sky taken as the camera fell off the scope!! I'm quite pleased with one of M27 - I think it's the first time I'd set the mount up well enough for a goto to centre any object smack bang in the middle. Only took 3 years to get there.

Still the lurking is over so I'll probably start posting questions at the weekend.

[Grinzzzz]

Welcome.

Are you aware of the MK Astronomical Society? They are running an Introduction to Astrophotography talk this Friday.

http://www.mkas.org.uk/

I wasn't aware - thanks for pointing it out, I'll have to see if I can make it. Is there a need to register or just turn up?

[Bizibilder]

Hello Andy and welcome to SGL!!

[stellawolf]

Hi and welcome to the SGL & forums

[Mr Spock]

Hi Andy, welcome to SGL

[JamesM]

Hi Andy and welcome to the forum. Lurking is fine but participation is by far a better option, so don't worry about asking silly questions or questions that have been asked before - we're all here to learn and the more information you can pick up, the more you will be able to pass that on to other people starting out! - (...well that's the theory anyway :grin: )

Clear skies for now (...great images by the way!) and enjoy the forum.

James

[faulksy]

hi andy and welcome, dumbell looks real nice fella

[dwc]

I wasn't aware - thanks for pointing it out, I'll have to see if I can make it. Is there a need to register or just turn up?

I'll send you a PM.

[Coco]

Hi Andy... welcome to SGL.. there are plenty of friends here to ask questions..

[telesto]

Hi Andy, welcome to sgl

Clive