Hi from the west coast.

[A7RLevi]

Hi everyone, just wanted to introduce myself.

I've always loved photography, nature and the night sky.

I moved to the west coast and spent quite a few years building up a cabinet business and didn't get out as much as I should have.

In 2007 when everything crashed I lost all my employees, almost lost the biz but luckily I was debt free so I managed to hang in there.

I got a used Jeep, built a solar powered camper and started camping and imaging the Milkyway with a Minolta 9xi camera.

Moved up to the Sony A7 series and an iOptron tracker and was just blown away by the detail and amount of useful data I could collect.

This excitement led to some research and purchasing an EQ6R Pro mount with an Askar Fro600, FMA 180 guide scope and a ZWO ASI mini guide camera.

I already know I'm way in over my head with this equipment with lots of learning to do and that's why I joined. I really want to learn how to do deep sky imaging.

I'm not the brightest light in the shed.

 

[Elp]

Welcome, that widefield is awesome. Neowise?

[bosun21]

Hi 👋, welcome to the lounge.

[Greymouser]

Hello and welcome. An awesome first post too!

[Floater]

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

[A7RLevi]

3 hours ago, Elp said:

Welcome, that widefield is awesome. Neowise?

Thank you, yes it is, Neowise.   I got really lucky driving away from the coast to a darker site

when I got up to around 3,000 feet in some switchbacks and looking back towards the coast

a heavy fog had rolled in blanketing all the lights. I just pulled over , setup and took some shots.

 

 

[VNA]

Welcome to this great forum.

[PeterCPC]

Hello and welcome.

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi there, welcome. 

[M40]

Hello A7RLevi and welcome to the site 👍

[wookie1965]

A warm welcome to SGL 

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire  🙂