greetings from 61° 11.8090'N, 23° 46.1970'E

[Mto]

Cheers,

It's Finland if you haven't already checked .

I've been lurking around for some time now and decided confess on using some of the server bandwidth.

I've always been interested in astronomy, but the hobby has been on hold due to life prioritizing things differently than anticipated. Now that my children have grown somewhat and also shown interest in the mysteries of the night sky, I've had a change to get back to my childhood hobby.

I currently own a 60mm F/11,6 refractor and a 130mm F/5 newtonian (with motorized GEM), which I'm using to get back to speed. My main interest lies in DS photography.

Anyway greetings and clear skies to everybody.

[Dangerous-Dave]

Welcome to the forum mto. That's a long way north, hope you get solar work done in the summer months!

[phillc]

Hello Mto and a warm welcome to SGL.

phillc

[AWR]

Hi, Welcome to SGL.

Andrew

Bet your skies are darker than mine!

[david o]

Hi there,

A very warm welcome to the forum.

[Demonperformer]

Welcome to the forum.

And I've been complaining about how late-it-stays/early-it-gets light here!

[brantuk]

Hi and welcome to the group

[Macavity]

Welcome. I was going to suggest a degree of caution - If you see a bunch of UK people expecting to *party* at your location. But the North Sea still provides a degree of protection. [teasing]

I used to share a workplace logbook with Finnish folk...

Sadly, I only ever got as far as "Hei" and "Terv"?

[nickbrookes1991]

Welcome to SGL

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Mto!

Dana

[glowjet]

Hi Mto,

A very warm welcome to SGL, hope you enjoy the forum.

John.

[Rusty Strings]

And a welcome from me too

[Astro_Baby]

And hi from me as well - brrrr must be cold observing in Finland.

[BAZ Senior]

Hi MTO, welcome to SGL.

[Brendan of Borg]

Hello!!

[Deneb]

Hi

Welcome to SGL, your skies must be nice & clear, Sod the cold ! Finland eh ! That brings back some memories.. i'll tell yah !

Cheers

Nadeem.

[Mto]

Thanks for the warm welcome.

Indeed it has been exceptionally cold this winter, long periods of -25C or more, so the observing time has been very limited. You can imagine the problems with the mount drive. Now things are looking better and I'm just waiting for the skies to clear.

Cheers.

[Talitha]

Hi Mto, and welcome to SGL. I bet you get some lovely Auroral displays in the winter.