Hello SGL!

[Maxim Usatov]

Hi All,

Just joined this forum and thought I'd introduce myself. I've recently moved from Prague to the UK, and now live in London. I've been an amateur astronomer since 2006, obtained my MSc in Astronomy in 2018 for reasons unknown. My interest is a little bit of everything - this, perhaps, can be summarized as chasing for the pleasure of collecting and mapping general information about our Universe in the attempt to understand how we have all happened to be, and how do I fit in here. As somebody said - give hydrogen a few billion years and it will begin wondering about itself... I do some research in spare time, mostly had some success in finding new variable stars and optically variable quasars via data mining techniques using data from space and ground telescopes, such as WISE and PanSTARRS. Recently, I joined the discussion about the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis by proposing it was actually an impact of a Main Belt asteroid excited by planetary resonances.

I have a 90 f/5.6 mm refractor and 210 mm f/11.5 Dall–Kirkham telescopes which I use to observe. Although as I now live in an apartment without a balcony under Bortle 9, I'm mostly doing star-hopping exercises and detecting bright clusters only. I am looking for an astronomy club to join, as still trying to figure out how to occasionally be able to get to dark skies.

My astronomy home is located at trafyx.com if anyone would like to take a look.

Thank you!

Max

Edited March 19, 2021 by Maxim Usatov

[Tiny Clanger]

Hi Max.

welcome, lets hope we can all escape to darker skies safely soon !

Heather

[Sunshine]

Welcome to SGL! sounds like you do a lot of very interesting work, enjoy the forum!.

[banjaxed]

Hi Max, welcome to SGL.

[Floater]

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

[teoria_del_big_bang]

Welcome to SGL, looks like you have a lot to offer to the forum and hope you find it a great place to meet and talk to like-mined people.

Steve

[fozzybear]

Hi Max, Enjoy SGL as others do, Ask away or provide info to this great site. 

Andy

[Mr Spock]

Hi Max, welcome to SGL 

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi Max, welcome. 

[laudropb]

Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL.

[Maxim Usatov]

Thank you very much!

[PeterCPC]

Hello and welcome.

[sloz1664]

Hi Max, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

Steve

[john559]

Welcome to SGL

[Maxim Usatov]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

[SaberJeff]

Hi Max, welcome to SGL

[Nicola Fletcher]

Welcome! Welcome also to London - I recently left London to move home to Ireland - the skies have improved

 

[Maxim Usatov]

We are definitely at the top of the Bortle here.

[barbulo]

Welcome to SLG, where you’re wishes may not come true but at least somebody pays you attention. 

[PeterW]

Welcome, a number of clubs in/around london, depends which part of the “land of light pollution” you live in. Many have observing sessions “out of town” where the skies are less illuminated.

Peter

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

On 19/03/2021 at 16:03, Tiny Clanger said:

Hi Max.

welcome, lets hope we can all escape to darker skies safely soon !

Heather

Seconded! 

 

Welcome to the forum Maxim.

[RT65CB-SWL]

Hi @Maxim Usatov and welcome to SGL. 

[Maxim Usatov]

Thank you, guys!

[Luke]

Welcome to SGL, Max!

[wookie1965]

A warm welcome to SGL