Newbie Hello from Austin, Texas

[Interbeing]

Hi, I am a newbie to astrophotography.  I have a DSLR, and had done a few night sky shots, and decided to take advantage of a post Christmas sales and purchased a Sky-Watcher Tracker. Left the house at 2:45am last Saturday in search of the Quadrantid Meteor showers. I was quite disappointed as I was expecting approximately 20-60 per hour. From my vantage point I only saw 8 in a 2 1/2 hour period, and half of those were either out of my camera's field of view, or while I was setting up. I did however manage to catch a few and made my first attempt with photo stacking and blending. I really struggled with the foreground, but did learn a lot about PS, so as an exercise, however poorly the end product turned out, it was a worthwhile venture. I am looking forward to the coming year to try a few more astrophotography shoots.

[Mr Spock]

Hi Todd, welcome to SGL 

[Barry-W-Fenner]

Hi, Welcome to SGL. I am new here to and have been accepted with open arms 🙂

[PeterCPC]

Hello Todd and welcome.

Peter

[MikeP]

Hi Todd, welcome to SGL. 

I lived and worked in Austin back in the 1980's.  I was there for a visit a couple of years ago and was shocked at how much bigger and busier it had become.  Still a lovely place to live though.

Mike

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi Todd, welcome. 

[paul schofield]

Hi Todd and welcome to SGL.

[laudropb]

Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL.

[sloz1664]

Hi Todd, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

Steve

[Floater]

Welcome. Hope the AP works well for you. 🙂

[banjaxed]

Hi Todd, welcome to this very friendly and knowledgeable site.

[ronl]

Hello Tod, and welcome to SGL, see you around the forums.

Clear Sky's.

[Mick H]

Hello Todd, welcome,

I'm am a visual observer, but there is a wealth of knowledge from fellow AP's here if you ever need help.

Nice pic you took of the Meteor showers.

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Peter in Bedfordshire 🙂