Hello from the Netherlands

[Ed astro]

Hi all,

I made my SGL account back in March but I have not really posted anything here until now. Today I finally decided to say hello.

I do some visual observing and astrophotography from my light polluted backyard, but my main interest is in radio astronomy. After all, radio telescopes are not affected by clouds and light pollution! (There is of course radio interference- but that's another story...)

 

 

[banjaxed]

Hi and welcome to SGL.

[Floater]

Welcome. Glad you said hello.

Hope you have lots of fun. 🙂

[Mr Spock]

Hi, welcome to SGL 

[SStanford]

Hi Ed, welkom! 

[sloz1664]

Hi Ed, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

Steve

[richard ashbee]

welcome to the group

 

[laudropb]

Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL.

[inFINNity Deck]

Hoi Ed,

welkom op dit forum, veel plezier hier!

Nicolàs

[Ruud]

Hi Ed, welcome!

[Miguel1983]

Welkom ED !

[PeterCPC]

Hello and welcome.

[Starwatcher2001]

Welcome aboard SGL Ed. Good to have you with us.

You might recognise my avatar as the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, taken a couple of years ago on a visit there. Amazing place.

Is that your scope in your avatar? Looks very nice. I must admit, I hadn't realised amateur astronomy was a thing. Wow...

 

Edited December 14, 2020 by Starwatcher2001
Spellink

[inFINNity Deck]

Just had a look at his avatar and directly recognised it, that chap and his friend are a bunch of amazing students doing some great stuff:

https://www.docdroid.net/7tBJvsw/eduard-mol-youri-ariaans-pdf

Nicolàs

 

[Ed astro]

Hi all,

Thank you all very much for the warm welcome!

3 hours ago, Starwatcher2001 said:

Welcome aboard SGL Ed. Good to have you with us.

You might recognise my avatar as the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, taken a couple of years ago on a visit there. Amazing place.

Is that your scope in your avatar? Looks very nice. I must admit, I hadn't realised amateur astronomy was a thing. Wow...

 

That dish in my avatar is indeed my radio telescope. it is a 3 metre dish which was built in december 2017 for a high school project by me and two of my friends. My father, who is a radio amateur, helped us a lot with all the electronics.

I definitely would like to visit Jodrell Bank at some point. I is a very historic site for radio astronomy.

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi Ed, welcome. 

[Nigella Bryant]

Welcome to the forum. Ya, radio astronomer, 

[Neo_uk]

Welcome to the forum ...Clear skies !

[PXR-5]

Welcome to SGL

Thanks for joining us 😊

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire 🙂