Hi from newbie down under

[TasSteve]

Hi been AP for a while with Star Tracker & mainly Milky Way and nebula via Sony a7

i live in Tasmania  Australia which has too many cloudy nights that coincide with new moon, and clear nights on full moon nights,so I just brought my first telescope 127 mak on alt az mount to try my hand at lunar & planetary AP in addition to wide field AP.

cheers

Steve

 

[Epick Crom]

G' day mate and welcome to SGL! I'm from Perth, Australia. Good to have another Aussie on here. Let me know if you have any questions, I'm exclusively a  visual observer though. Clear skies! 

Joe

[PeterCPC]

Hello and welcome.

[Stephen Green]

Hi a warm welcome to the SGL

[banjaxed]

Hi Steve, welcome to SGL.

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire 🙂

[Floater]

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

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi Steve, welcome. 

[barbulo]

Welcome to the Lounge!

[Starwatcher2001]

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

[AL1]

Welcome to SGL

[Geoff Barnes]

On 17/09/2021 at 19:34, TasSteve said:

too many cloudy nights that coincide with new moon, and clear nights on full moon nights

Welcome Steve from cloudy Melbourne.  

You're dead right about those darn clouds and the moon,  I've had my scope out once the whole winter!  😠

[TasSteve]

Cheers Geoff 👍

[apaulo]

hello and welcome from to sgl, from inverness 

[Mr Spock]

Hi Steve, welcome to SGL 

[Sunshine]

Welcome to SGL!

[teoria_del_big_bang]

On 17/09/2021 at 10:34, TasSteve said:

i live in Tasmania  Australia which has too many cloudy nights that coincide with new moon, and clear nights on full moon nights,

Welcome to the club Steve (SGL and the clear night full moon club) 🙂

Steve

[newbie alert]

Hello and welcome

Sounds like the UK but without your southern hemisphere jewels

[TasSteve]

On 02/10/2021 at 19:57, newbie alert said:

Hello and welcome

Sounds like the UK but without your southern hemisphere jewels

Yep I’m down the very bottom very with the next stop being Antartica so the weather is a little hit and miss, thanks heaps for the warm welcome 👍

[TasSteve]

On 02/10/2021 at 19:53, teoria_del_big_bang said:

Welcome to the club Steve (SGL and the clear night full moon club) 🙂

Steve

Cheers and I had a chuckle about theclearfulll moon club 🤣🤣

[01012f]

Welcome Steve