Hello from North Staffordshire

[RobST]

Hi Folks 

So i have just started Astrophotography for the first time.

Well when i say astrophotography, I pointed my Old Canon 400d and 50mm f1.8 and terrible cheap wobbly mount at M31 and hoped for the best 🤣 

Stacked them all in DSS and then Post processing in Gimp (after watching many youtube tutorials)

I was totally gobsmaked when i could make out the fuzzy blob and so excited 😄

Its massively over processed and i really don't know what I'm doing but i was still so pleased 😁 (it looks alot better on my laptop 🤣)

And so I'm hooked 😁

Only really interested in deep sky objects and looking forward to learning alot from all of you 😄

Been looking at an Evostar 80 Ed Ds Pro and smarteq pro and eq mount already, but not ready for that yet, much more learning to do first 😁

Many Thanks Rob

 

[richard ashbee]

Welcome to the good, lots of help on here

[PeterCPC]

Hello Rob and welcome.

Peter

[ronl]

Hello Richard, and welcome to the community, lots of helpful folk here, just post your questions in the relevant forum, 

and you will get many answers, hope you enjoy your time here in SGL, see you around the forums.

Clear Sky's.

[Mr Spock]

Hi Rob, welcome to SGL 

[banjaxed]

Hi Rob, welcome to SGL, I am sure you will love it here.

[laudropb]

Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL.

[Floater]

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun with the AP. 🙂

[Alastair the prof]

That is a cracker of a [icture

[Demonperformer]

Hi, Rob, and welcome to SGL.

If the money-pit that is AP is your passion, take a look at this book - it will be a good investment.

Enjoy the journey.

[toshapetriji]

Welcome Rob.

[RobST]

4 hours ago, Demonperformer said:

Hi, Rob, and welcome to SGL.

If the money-pit that is AP is your passion, take a look at this book - it will be a good investment.

Enjoy the journey.

Thanks ordered one this morning 😁

Seems i choose expensive hobbies. Marine Fish Keeping

Poison Dart Frogs

Lizards

Fishing 

And home cinema 🤣

Better get saving up, looking forward to reading the book 😁

[sloz1664]

Hi Rob and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

Steve

[rwilkey]

Hi Rob, a warm welcome from me too.  Clear skies!

[Tenor Viol]

Hi - welcome - I'm new here too and I note we're not that far apart: I'm in North Shropshire. I've already had helpful advice from the people on here. 

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi Rob, welcome.

[RobST]

Thankyou for the welcomes 😄

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Peter in  Bedfordshire  🙂