TonyD 368 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Hello All, It has been about five years (probably more), but I am back. Long story - various reasons (with a serious bout of eye trouble (anyone had macular holes or vitreo macular traction?) why I went into hibernation - but hibernation is the right term. No astro equipment acquired or dumped. It is all as it was... Two TAL 100s, a TAL wooden GEM mount, a TAL-2M with working original motor, a TAL Alcor, a Skywatcher 80 ED, an HEQ5, a Skywatcher AZ3 mount and a little portable Skywatcher 705. Plus an assortment of odds and ends, for astrophotography. I hope to be able to learn (boy did I learn so much before) and share my experiences once again. If you remember me from before, please say "hello"! Glad to be back. Mike 5 Link to post Share on other sites
swag72 6,570 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Hi Mike...... always great to see someone returning after a hiatus...... good thing that you kept everything Look forward to seeing you around and welcome back Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Spock 7,418 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Hi Mike, welcome back Link to post Share on other sites
Ruud 3,255 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Pleasure to meet you, Mike. Link to post Share on other sites
avtaram 1,008 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Hi Mike, welcome back. Avtar Link to post Share on other sites
laudropb 7,337 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Hello and a warm welcome back. Link to post Share on other sites
nightfisher 7,482 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Mike, of course i remember you well and often wondered where you went, a warm welcome back Link to post Share on other sites
ronl 942 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Hello and welcome back, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's. Link to post Share on other sites
Floater 3,182 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Welcome back from a relative newcomer. Hope you hang around and enjoy the forum again. Link to post Share on other sites
RiponJas 479 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Hello from another newcomer. Link to post Share on other sites
sloz1664 1,392 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Hi Mike nice to see you back on the Lounge again and furthermore I'm glad you still have your TAL's. Steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cletrac1922 503 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Mike Welcome back from another newbie from land down under John Link to post Share on other sites
Lockie 6,530 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Hi Mike, I think I remember your avatar, welcome back Link to post Share on other sites
Blazar 1,227 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Oh yes....Good to have you back Link to post Share on other sites
Demonperformer 3,670 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Hi, Mike, and welcome back to SGL. Sometimes a sabbatical is a good thing if you come back refreshed and 'ready to go' ... Link to post Share on other sites
rwilkey 1,328 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Hi Mike, a warm welcome back from me too! Link to post Share on other sites
F15Rules 5,357 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Hello Mike, Welcome back to SGL and I hope you're eye problems are now fixed. Clear skies, Dave Link to post Share on other sites
Saganite 2,617 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Hi Mike, welcome back to SGL. Steve Link to post Share on other sites
AndyH 879 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Great to hear from you again, Mike You were missed! Cheers, Andy Link to post Share on other sites
TonyD 368 Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 Thanks everyone for replying and making me feel back at home and amongst friends. I am writing this from a hotel in Bremen, Germany. We are driving over to the UK from Norway. No more ferries from Scandinavia (not even Denmark). I guess the proliferation of cheap flights and rental car deals slowly killed off the viability of the ferry services, so when the ferries had to be refitted and upgraded, the money was not available to upgrade them to current emission standards. So tomorrow off to Dunkirk and then evacuating to Dover. From there, a drive up to Malvern where we are staying for the next three weeks. Four days on the Pembrokeshire coast, and three days up in Derbyshire around Baslow. Hopefully picking up a Celestron Omni XLT 127 SCT with CG4 mount that will reside in the UK. Also a chance of grabbing a pair of Meade Astro 15x70 bins. My eye condition needs I need the higher light gathering capacity and magnification, so I hope they do the job. I have my TAL eyepieces with me: 6.3 mm, 10 mm, 15 mm, 25 mm and 42 mm, together with 2x and 3x barlows. Looking forward to some dark skies in the Malvern Hills. Then back to Norway where finally there will be some night time after several months - at my latitude it never really gets to beyond nautical twilight. Although I have had some terrific views of a very red setting Moon over the last few nights. And a bit of Jupiter. And Mars. And, of course, Saturn. Cheers Mike Link to post Share on other sites
des anderson 424 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 A warm welcome from Essex. Des Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Lloyd 2,161 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Hi Mike, welcome. Link to post Share on other sites
kosmoplan 7 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Welcome back Mike. Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Presland 11,373 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire Link to post Share on other sites
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