Hello! From (Smoky) British Columbia.

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Harlan King avatar
Hello! I've been around for about a year now but I figured I should introduce myself.

I got started in this wonderful, amazing, sometimes frustrating and expensive hobby last year in September. I quickly realized this was the hobby I was searching for my whole life - one that mixes my love for art, science, technology and the outdoors.

I started off with a borrowed canon DSLR and Skywatcher Star Adventurer GTI. That was enough to really catch the bug smile 

Anyways, I just wanted to thank the community for #1) inspiring me every day to explore and capture the cosmos and #2) showing me what can be imaged with the amazing tools we have at our disposal today. 

I think William Herschel would be a bit jealous if he knew what the "common-folk" have access to in the 21'st century. Let's make him proud!

CS,

Harlan
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Jeff Horn avatar
Welcome!
Carl Brown avatar
Welcome.   Hope you are safe from all the fires!  

Carl
Calgary, Alberta
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