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Athena

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Hello everybody

My name is Athena, I'm unfortunate enough to live in London where one is lucky to see anything below a magnitude of 1 :-( however I spend a great deal of time over in North Wales where the conditions are far more favourable for stargazing.

I have been interested in astronomy since about the age of 6 years, even now, 34 years later it's truly amazing to gaze up into the heavens on a dark, moonless night and ponder at the vast wonders before me. Totally awe-inspiring!

I am currently trying to work out the merits of spending some money on a new scope (please see my thread entitled http://stargazerslounge.com/equipment-help/81100-hello.html) or spend it on chasing the 2009 eclipse. Anybody have any thoughts? Total solar eclipses are truly wonderful (I have chased 4) but having a decent telescope would be great too.

Anyway, I just wanted to say hiya and introduce myself.

Thanks for reading

Athena

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Hi Athena,

A warm welcome to SGL,hope you enjoy the forum. I have had a look at your other thread and you really are opening an astro can of worms, I could make some helpful suggestions but there are far more experienced forum members than me who could point you in the right direction, remember what Bilbo Baggins said, " Once you step onto the road you have no idea where it is going to lead you ". Have fun.

John.

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Welcome to SGL Athena, you'll get plenty of help and advice here, we're a helpful friendly bunch :headbang: Where abouts in North Wales do you stay? The reason I ask is because I'm from South Wales and am looking into a holiday for myself and my partner in the UK some time in the future (little does he knows this is an astronomy holiday and I am only looking at locations with no LP :icon_salut:) and would love to know what you think of the area.

Great to have you on board :cool:

Amanda

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Just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone that has given me a warm welcome. I think this will be a great place to hangout :cool:

PS: I decided to buy the NexStar 8 SE (recommended by a friend) and with the money I saved I bought a DMK 21AU04.AS camera. Time for some serious observations / astophotography :headbang: I just need to get my head around registax 5 :icon_salut:

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Where abouts in North Wales do you stay? The reason I ask is because I'm from South Wales and am looking into a holiday for myself and my partner in the UK some time in the future (little does he knows this is an astronomy holiday and I am only looking at locations with no LP :cool:) and would love to know what you think of the area.

Great to have you on board :headbang:

Amanda

Hi Amanda

I truly amazed by how many astro-girls there are: I though I was the only one around :icon_salut: Good to know that I'm not that unusual!

Re: North Wales. Generally I stay in Conwy as I love the town, its only a shortish drive then to lots of great dark locations. I'm sure your partner will love the North and appreciate the lack of LP. Remember there's nothing more romantic than a dark, clear starry sky :D

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