Hi from Worcester

[Richy P]

Hi folks, been looking around and stumbled upon this forum. I'm looking to start my journey into astrophotography, I have a little experience with photography in general and up until recently ran a small drone photography business. I have always been fascinated by the night sky and I'm lucky enough to live in an area with relatively low light pollution. I have been able to capture some fairly decent shots of the moon using my DSLR and a basic tripod. But I've always wanted to head deeper into space and look at Nebula and Galaxies etc. 

I've landed on a HEQ5 Pro mount as it seems to come highly recommended and it looks like the mount is where the money should be spent! I just need to figure out scopes now and whether or not I can use my existing DSLR (Nikon D3300). Then there's the small challenge if sneaking all this past the wife!

[laudropb]

Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL.

[banjaxed]

Hi Richy, welcome to SGL

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi there and welcome. 

[Guest]

I know what you mean, my first scope came less than two weeks ago. The second scope came last week. Took a little explaining. 

Welcome to SGL and your new addiction 😆

[rwilkey]

Hi Richy, that's a nice photo.  Welcome to the forum, clear skies!

[Mr Spock]

Hi Richy, welcome to SGL 

[richard ashbee]

Welcome to a very helpful group

[sloz1664]

Hi Richy and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

Steve

[Richy P]

Thank you for the welcome everyone

[PeterCPC]

Hello Richy and welcome.

Peter

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire 🙂