Hello from Birmingham

[Rachael]

Hello,

I have been 'lurking' for a week or two and have decided to sign up and say hello. I have ben looking at the sky for years, but a couple of years ago I bought a cheap Bresser refractor. It was not brilliant, but the moon looked great through it and I occasionally found Saturn, which blew me away every time despite its tiny size in the eyepiece.

I recently decided to buy a 'good' telescope and went for Sywatcher's Skymax 127 AZ Goto. A nice little scope for taking in the car. I've only just had it a week and skies have been mostly cloudy. I have a telescope adaptor for my DSLR and would like to try a bit of imaging as well as observing. Below is an image created in Registax which is built from pictures taken through my old refractor which my sister now has.

Rachael.

[Starfisher]

hi and welcome! nice first attempt of photographing the Moon

[swag72]

Hi Rachael and welcome to SGL - This is a great place to be, so settle down and enjoy the ride

Look forward to seeing you around

[seo]

Hi Rachael,

Welcome to SGL and congrats for your nice first Moon image.

[Rachael]

Thank you for the welcomes and complements on the moon image.

[xtreemchaos]

hi mate and welcome from charl in south wales. great moon pic.

[Floater]

Welcome. Have fun.

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi Rachael, welcome.

[JamesM]

Hi Rachael and welcome to the forum

Clear skies

[Jimtom]

Hi Rachel, welcome to SGL from another Midlander, you get the same clouds as me  Well done on the moon shot, you're now an accredited AP Imager  

[deadmeat30]

Welcome Rachael, Nice picture of the moon there! Hope you find some useful information for your set up.

[laudropb]

Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL.

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire  ​ 

[Mr Spock]

Hi Rachael, welcome to SGL

[Charon]

Welcome aboard Rachael.

[PeterCPC]

Hello and welcome.

Peter

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Rachael!

Dana

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Welcome to SGL, that's a good first effort. It could probably take a bit more sharpening to bring out the craters more.

[badger111]

Greetings from Maldon, Essex

[triton1]

Hi there and welcome to SGL

[Rachael]

Thank you all for your lovely welcomes.

Rachael.

[glowjet]

Hi Rachael and welcome to SGL, well done on your image of the Moon, I am sure you will be able to benefit from the wealth of knowledge in our imaging sections, help can be just a question away, enjoy the forum   

[Bizibilder]

Hello Rachael and welcome to SGL!!

[Vox45]

Hello and welcome to the forum

Clear skies !

[sexysi]

Welcome from North Kent, I'm new here as well 

Si