Greetings from Norway

[Altais]

Hello everyone! I've been lurking around this forum for quite a while, feeding on the wealth of information available here. But I figured I'd better join and take part in the forum.

My name is Lars, and I come from Hamar, Norway. I bought my first telescope in 2011, a Celestron Astromaster 130 mm reflector with motor drive, on a wobbly mount. Later I got a Canon EOS 1100D, which I use for astrophotography. This was right after I became interested in astronomy, and that interest led me to study astronomy in Oslo, which I have done for two years now.

At the end of last year I decided it was time to upgrade from my Astromaster, so I aquired a Sky-Watcher Explorer 150PDS newtonian and an EQ5 with motor drives. This made a huge difference (especially the mount), and after that I started getting decent results from my astrophotography. I have access to a location in the mountains where the sky is quite dark, and this is where I do my deep sky imaging.

I have uploaded the images that I am most satisfied with to AstroBin, http://www.astrobin.com/users/lars_frogner/, so please feel free to check them out if you are interested.

[Mr Spock]

Hi Lars, welcome to SGL

[swag72]

Hi Lars and welcome to SGL - Glad that you found us and hope that you enjoy your time here.

Look forward to seeing you around

[damnut]

Hi Lars,

Warm welcome to SGL.

[DougM43]

Welcome to the forum, you've taken some lovely images there, i particularly like the one comet lovejoy with the little dumbbell. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to some more of your good work.

[Dave In Vermont]

Greetings, Lars, and welcome aboard! Always nice to see new people about SGL. And those images are great! Do keep going, please. Looking forward to more.

Clear & Dark Skies,

Dave

[PeterCPC]

Hi and welcome.

Peter

[laudropb]

Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL

[zedds]

Hello Lars, welcome to SGL. Great images there. Looking forward to seeing more of your work!!

[glowjet]

Hi Lars and welcome to SGL, I do like the images taken with your 150mm, it just shows what can be achieved with a modest aperture scope, when it comes to imaging. Enjoy the forum

[Bizibilder]

Hello Lars and welcome to SGL!!

[Pondus]

Heia Lars og velkommen fra meg på vestlandet 

Rune

[starlogborg]

Welcome to the SGL, Lars!

[JamesM]

Hi Lars and welcome to the forum

Clear skies

[Altais]

Wow, thanks a lot everyone! Both for the warm welcome and the compliments on my images. And thanks Rune, nice to see that there are other Norwegians here as well!

[Xplode]

Velkommen.

Det er faktisk en del av oss nordmenn på SGL, men pga det store antallet fra UK så er det ikke så lett å finne dem andre.

Her har du ett kart som du kan se noen nordmenn på: https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=810658

[Rocket_the_Raccoon]

Welcome! ...from the other side of the northern globe :-)

[Altais]

Thank you both! Ole Aleksander, see PM.

[ToxoLight]

HI Lars and welcome to the lounge from middle England.

[MarkJ44]

Hi Lars and welcom to SGL from down under.

Cheers

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire

[Charon]

Welcome aboard.

[Dave Lloyd]

Welcome Lars.

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Lars!

Dana

[Vox45]

Hello and welcome to the forum

Clear skies !