Hi from Lancashire

[Betelguese]

Hi everyone, this is a great site!

I love the night sky, ever since I was a kid I have always been fascinated by the Universe. The Milky Way at a dark sight is awe inspiring. I remember the first time I ever glimpsed Saturn, it was through a very small telescope and couldn't believe my eyes that I could actually see the rings.

There's just something about seeing a galaxy through a telescope, it isn't like a glossy Hubble photo in a book, but you are seeing it "live", the galaxy's real light is entering your eye after travelling millions of light years...there's just something about that part of it.

Thanks to the web I can now write about the Universe, and make useful content available for amateur astronomers, or anyone interested in space. Have a look at my site astronomycentral.co.uk - The Solar System, Galaxies, The Cosmos, Articles and News I hope you find it useful.

Clear skies...

[ashenlight]

Welcome 'Betelguese', good to have you here with us at SGL. There's something very 'raw' and 'real' about observing DSOs for yourself, you're right. Perhaps not as pretty as photos in the hubble palette but just as awe inspiring

[Starjumper]

Hi Betelguese ,

Welcome to SGL.

John

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Betelgeuse!

Dana

[SpookyKatt]

Hi Betelgeuse, welcome to the forum. Nice

website by the way.

Kathleen

[mike.brightmore]

Hello and welcome. Your website is a useful resource - particularly the informative and accessible Messier catalogue.

[Rusty Strings]

Hi and welcome to SGL

You can't beat the MK1 eyeball, seeing a faint fuzzy peering out from eternity is a hair/back of neck moment.

John

[Doc]

Hi and welcome to SGL

[JamesK]

Welcome to SGL, I really like your website, and I'm from Lancashire too! :-D

[Beulah]

Welcome to the SGL!

[barkis]

I Hope you stay and enjoy the SGL forum for a long time Betelguese. The site is great, and I absolutely love the Butterfly Nebula from the latest Hubble Camera. It's a gorgeous Image.

Ron.

[Craig H]

A very warm welcome to you.

Thats a great site ya have there, It's gone straight in my bookmark astro folder.

I think it'll come in very usefull to a newbie like me.

regards craig

[glowjet]

Hi Betelgeuse,

Welcome to SGL, that is a splendid web site you have there, hope you enjoy the forum.

John.

[ron.s.g]

Hi Betelguese and welcome,

very nice site as well.

regards ron.s.g

[Betelguese]

Thanks a lot...

[steve_bham]

Hi and welcome to SGL, enjoy the forums

[Talitha]

Hi and welcome to SGL, Betelguese.

[phillc]

Hello Betelguese and a warm welcome to SGL.

phillc

[johnh]

Great to have you Betelguese, I also remember seeing Saturn in a 60mm refractor out of a window as a teenager and being amazed by the tiny rings when it was in Scorpius. Very informative website. John.

[Astro_Baby]

Hi from me too