Beginner from Derby

[AlastairW]

Good morning,

New to astronomy and stargazing. Wanted to thank all the members for their wonderful advice, pointers and recommendations when getting started.

I've had the good fortune of a number of very clear nights over the past three weeks and have been overwhelmed with my experiences so far, in particular my first sighting of Jupiter.

I've managed to take a couple of (what I consider) reasonable pictures using a 600d, t-ring, x2 barlow on my skywatcher 150 eq3-2. Just wanted to share as I didn't realise the level of detail I'd get with this setup.

Cheers

Al

[JamesF]

Welcome to SGL

That's a nice lunar image. Is it just a single frame or a stack of images?

James

[Bizibilder]

Hello Al and welcome to SGL!! - that's a good Moon image - well done.

[AlastairW]

Thanks very much for the warm welcome. It's a single shot from the 600d and a couple of tiny sharpens and curve adjustments in GIMP.

[Welrod50]

Hello and welcome. Nice capture

[cotterless45]

Hi and welcome !

Nick.

[fondofchips]

Hi Ai from just down the road, nice picture.

Welcome to SGL.

[Pig]

Hello & welcome

Shaun

[JonDoe]

Hi Alistair welcome to SGL, nice picture, look forward to seeing more.

[HIP3802]

Hi, AlastairW, and welcome to SGL! Congrats on a very nice shot with great detail.

[glowjet]

Hi Alastair and welcome to SGL, nice clear Lunar image

John.

[Itabot]

Hi welcome to SGL

[MorningMajor]

Hi Al and welcome - nice shot, well done

[midnight_sky_watcher]

Hi,

Welcome to SGL.

[wookie1965]

Nice capture and a warm welcome to SGL

[Siriusmeg]

Hello and welcome from me too

[Pete Presland]

hi welcome to SGL from peter in bedfordshire

[Charon]

Welcome aboard.

[Conna]

Welcome from another newbie

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Al!

Dana

[todd8137]

hi there you may want to look at are sister site

http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/

we have many members in derby and we have are own darl sites and we a freindly bunch come and join us heres the link

http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/

we meet all the time

cheers pat

[saturn4me]

Hi Al and welcome to SGL!

Enjoy the forum!

[stellawolf]

Hi & welcome to SGL

[AlastairW]

Wow, thank you for the warm reception everyone. Pat, thanks for the EM links, I'm heading over there shortly. Fondofchips, love the avatar .

Now, where have those clear skies gone ?!

Cheers

Al

[bob1957]

Hi Al and welcome to SGL. All the best, Bob