Hello from the Isle of man

[scaramanga]

Hello everybody , been doing a lot of reading here the last week or so, lots of very knowledgable people which is good because I will probably have lots of questions, Im a reasonably experienced amatuer photographer so astrophotography will definately be on the cards, just bought my first proper scope after years of looking through bino's and pointing my rifle scope up to the sky at one in the morning ( doe'snt go down well with the neighbours that one) great optics on a schmitt & bender rifle scope I reckon LOL.

Good sky's here at night very little light pollution black as tarmac here soon as the street light go out after midnight so great viewing.

All the best

[Nexus 6]

Hi Scaramanga,

Seems you have a really great location for observing.

Wish the streetlights would get turned off here at midnight!

Alan

North Lincs

England

[david o]

Hi scaramanga,

A warm welcome to the forum.

[Rusty Strings]

Hi Scaramanga and a welcome from me.

Does crime and general naughyness increase after midnight when the lights go out?

[glowjet]

Hi Scaramanga,

A very warm welcome to SGL, you are a very lucky man to have lights out after midnight, which prompts the question where abouts are you?, enjoy the forum.

John.

[Talitha]

Hi, and welcome to SGL.

[scaramanga]

Hi everyone, thanks for the welcome, the isle of man is situated smack in the middle of the Irish sea , famous for motorsport and tax dodgers, and no there is no rise in crime once the street lights go out, Im on the north west side of the island in a small village called Ballaugh so it is probably darker on this side of the island than the rest and luckily for me my back garden faces right out onto very flat farmland making for a good alround view.

[phillc]

Hello Scaramanga and a warm welcome to SGL.

phillc

[Bizibilder]

Hello and welcome to SGL!!

[Astro_Baby]

Hi from me too

[glowjet]

Thanks for the info Scaramanger, I had assumed you were in Douglas and they had dusk to midnight street lighting, sounds a really nice place where you are.

John.

[Brendan of Borg]

Hello bud, you have just made me jealous of your location and LP count!! Doh!!

[Astorix]

Hi from me! welcome to SGL

[scaramanga]

Hi folks,

I suppose Im very lucky in LP respect, it certainly has its advantages living here , but the general cost of living here is quite high in comparison to the UK, and you have to order everything you want to buy, I have just bought a Celestron Advanced C8-SGT-XLT , I would have liked to have bought it locally but not a chance in hell.

Im not sure wether they turn the street lighting out in Douglas or not I have'nt lived there for about 10 years now, I live virtually on Ballaugh bridge if that means anything to you John you will know it if you are a bike fan.

[BAZ Senior]

Hi and welcome to SGL.

I shouldn't think you get bothered by crime whilst observing with a rifle!

[scaramanga]

LOL, I should think not

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Scaramanga!

Dana