Hi there!
I'm new to this site, and only recently returned to astronomy and astrophotography. About 8 years ago I was just starting to scratch the surface of what I could do with my DSLR & tripod and had started pricing out equatorial mounts when my wife and I discovered we were expecting! My daughter is now seven, and we've been learning about astronomy together while home-schooling, with a Celestron FirstScope which I bought for her birthday. We've been watching a lot of Phil Plait's Crash Course Astronomy together, and are working on earning our Explore the Universe pins from the RASC.
I was fortunate enough to be able to splurge on an iOptron SkyGuider Pro and a very basic 80mm achromatic refractor (Sky-Watcher 804) for my birthday a few weeks ago, and have been slowly (painfully slowly!) starting to piece together how to progress in this hobby. I'm still at the point where I'm figuring out what ISO/exposure-lengths work best with my setup, and working with a wobbly tripod which won't hold polar alignment for long, so no worthwhile images to share as of yet. Right now I'm trying to gather enough time imaging Pleiades to put together an image to share on the RCC forum.
I'm also newly-returned to posting anything online, photographic or otherwise. I'll gladly set aside my preference for a silent online presence to take advantage of the experience and expertise of this community, as I realize I have so much to learn! Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Mark
I'm new to this site, and only recently returned to astronomy and astrophotography. About 8 years ago I was just starting to scratch the surface of what I could do with my DSLR & tripod and had started pricing out equatorial mounts when my wife and I discovered we were expecting! My daughter is now seven, and we've been learning about astronomy together while home-schooling, with a Celestron FirstScope which I bought for her birthday. We've been watching a lot of Phil Plait's Crash Course Astronomy together, and are working on earning our Explore the Universe pins from the RASC.
I was fortunate enough to be able to splurge on an iOptron SkyGuider Pro and a very basic 80mm achromatic refractor (Sky-Watcher 804) for my birthday a few weeks ago, and have been slowly (painfully slowly!) starting to piece together how to progress in this hobby. I'm still at the point where I'm figuring out what ISO/exposure-lengths work best with my setup, and working with a wobbly tripod which won't hold polar alignment for long, so no worthwhile images to share as of yet. Right now I'm trying to gather enough time imaging Pleiades to put together an image to share on the RCC forum.
I'm also newly-returned to posting anything online, photographic or otherwise. I'll gladly set aside my preference for a silent online presence to take advantage of the experience and expertise of this community, as I realize I have so much to learn! Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Mark
