Hello from the BIOT

[chartram]

Hello,

My name is Mike Chartrand.  I currently hang my hat in Diego Garcia located 7° south of the equator... about dead-center of the Indian Ocean in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT).  I have been doing astronomy/imaging since December of 2012.  Some of you may know me from other forums.  Since I can't do a signature until 10 posts, here is the crux of my toys:

- Orion ED80, Nexstar 5SE and 8" Edge HD scopes

- SBIG STF-8300C & ASI 120MC imagers

- Lodestar X2 and SSAG guide cameras

- 50mm guide scope & OAG

- AVX Mount with StarSense

- A nice compliment of EP's, filters and other stuff to make life less complicated lol

- Nebulosity for capture and PixInsight for pre/post processing

Here are a couple of my recent images:

M7, Ptolemy's Cluster

...and my personal all-time favorite DSO- The Eta Carina Nebula in HaRGB (annotated)

Looking forward to getting to 'know' everyone here, learning as much as possible and helping out wherever my limited knowledge allows.  This forum has given me many a great idea thanks to Google searches- Hope to return the favor here & there :-)

Cheers!

Mike

[swag72]

Hi Mike and welcome to SGL - Glad that you found us and hope that you enjoy your time here - Super images!

Look forward to seeing you around

[JimStanley]

Great images Mike, and Welcome to the forum.

Jim

[damnut]

Hi Mike,

Warm welcome to SGL, hope you enjoy the forums. Brilliant location, one of my favourite Atolls.

Stunning images, look forward to seeing more of your posts.

[Physopto]

Very nice images Mike. Welcome to the forum. Looks like you have very good seeing and skies over there.

Derek

[xtreemchaos]

hi Mike and welcome from charl in south wales uk. cool images.

[laudropb]

Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL. Lovely set of images.

[Bizibilder]

Hello Mike and welcome to SGL!!

[Saganite]

Welcome to SGL Mike. 

[JamesM]

Hi Mike and welcome to the forum

Clear skies

[ToxoLight]

Hi Mike and welcome to the lounge, great pics.

[owenjsidge]

Hi really awesome picture so good to see. welcome to the forum

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi Mike, welcome.

[Mr Spock]

Hi Mike, welcome to SGL. Top quality image you have there, I hope we'll see many more

[MarkJ44]

G'day Mike and welcome to SGL, great pics.

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire  Superb images

[Dave In Vermont]

Greetings and welcome to SGL! Very nice images you have there. And I'm envious of your location. It sounds ideal for astrophotography.

Clear Skies,

Dave

[baggywrinkle]

Welcome to SGL, stunning images, looking forward to more.

[PeterCPC]

Hi Mike and welcome.

Peter

[Mrbloke]

Welcome Mike,

It is certainly an enviable location you have!  Amazing images.

I didn't know too much about your part of the world before.  Steering well clear of the politics, the BIOT certainly has an interesting history!

[slim80]

Hi Mike welcome.Wonderful images

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Mike!

Dana

[HIP3802]

Hi, Mike, and a warm welcome to SGL!

[Charon]

Welcome aboard Mike.

[glowjet]

Hi Mike and welcome to SGL, lovely images, enjoy the forum