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gregnorth1982

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gregnorth1982

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Hi all,

My name is Greg and I'm an alcoholic...err...newbie astronomer. Just a quick post to introduce myself, I'm based in Southsea and I've always loved searching the night sky with my binos but never known a great deal about what I'm looking at. A couple of months ago I got myself an SW 150P and a few upgrade meade 4000 ep's to look a little deeper and with the help of you lot, improve my knowledge somewhat!

So far I've loved what I've seen...and apparently 2 of my friends did too, as they've just got scopes of their own!

I've been a keen photographer for a number of years as well, and now starting to look into astrophotography (all I've managed so far are a few images of the moon and sun). I've got a canon 1000d and apparently thats a good dslr to image with?!? I guess the fact it has live view is helpfull but any info/suggestions on how I go about imaging anything other than the moon and sun would be helpfull!

In the near future I plan to make a decent pier in the garden to cut down on wobble...when that happens I'll post a few pics and a DIY if it works...!

...also If anyone has a motor drive for an EQ3 and or polar scope they don't need...I'll happily part with cash when my pier is setup!

Cheers all,

Greg.

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gregnorth1982

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Thank you all for your welcome,

Breakintheclouds, maybe you are right...astrophotography is probably a bit much too soon...i'm just slightly over keen!

Leegsi, apart from clanfield, you know any good dark sky spots? If you fancy teaching me a thing or two about the sky i'm a local willing pupil!

Thanks again all.

Greg

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Hi Greg,

Have a look at the Meon Valley area, around Winchester Hill or anywhere between Droxford and Winchester city.

Nice dark skies round here - better than Clanfield. Lots of good pubs too ;)

Was down your way last weekend doing the dockyard tour, Victory is amazing every time I see it.

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gregnorth1982

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Thanks for the advice,

Both Meon and New forest are going to be miles better than Southsea! I must admit I can see a lot more than I was expecting from my garden though (none of my neighbours have insecurity lights which helps!)...however...I'm looking forward to a dark dark sky!

Thanks again!

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