Hello from Switzerland

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Stephane Perroud avatar
Hi all,

I am very happy to join the Astrobin community. Not a paying member yet, but that will come very very soon! smile
I am new to the hobby, receiving as a gift my first telescope in 2020 during the first pandemic wave. It was a 150/750 newt on eq3-2.
Quickly I got hooked on trying to get pictures to reveal the Unseen. But I did struggle a lot with the lack of access to astro clubs and the jungle of astro forums with contradiction statements.
I wish I had discovered astrobin sooner!

That said, I am now looking for second hand equipments to level up my setup. For instance, a good focale reducer / field flattener for my esprit 120. Is there a selling/buying section on astrobin forum? Or anybody has a an advice for an online forum selling gears close to my swiss home?

Clear Skies,

Stephane
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Andreas avatar
Hi Stephane,

welcome. I'm also quite new to deep sky astrophotography.

Let's rock this cool hobby! smile

CS Andreas
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Christian Andres avatar
Welcome to Astrobin Stephan,
I can recommend the SAG SAS pinboard for used equipment in Switzerland.
https://pinboard.sag-sas.ch

CS, Chris
Stephane Perroud avatar
Thank you Chris,
I will try to exhume my German and write an ad there smile

Stephane
Robert Khoury avatar
Welcome Stephane! Beginner myself but this forum is definitely an excellent place for learning. 

CS - Robert
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