Hello, new astronomer and astro photographer here. Accidentally came across a cheap telescope 4 months ago and saw the moon up close for the first time and now I am hooked for life. Looking forward to learning and improving my pictures and using all of your pics for inspiration. Thanks!
Greetings from TN!
What part of Tn Donnie? Several good clubs here!
Greetings from Ormond Beach, Florida!
Hello Astrobin! I'm Tim Pratt, from the East Coast of Florida. I bought my first telescope a little over a year ago on a whim, a small, cheap 80mm. My first night, I spotted Jupiter and it's moons and was utterly gobsmacked. I've been hoo...
Similar beginner journey with cheap telescope; shares inspiration and learning experience.
Greetings from Northwest Arkansas
Took a picture of the super moon last month with an iPhone which got me interested in astrophotography. I have an old hand-me-down DSLR (Pentax K100D) and managed to make my first feeble attempt at M42 last night. Not a very good picture but I learne...
New to astrophotography with iPhone/DSLR; relates to recent interest and equipment learning.
Dave from the Netherlands
Hi I,m Dave from the Netherlands Diving into the world of Astrophotography around 2011,and i love it!! Still got a lot to learn with processing my data,but the weather in the Netherlands keeps me busy with processing,instead of collecting data . I...
New astrophotographer sharing beginner journey and telescope discovery story.
Hello from Oceanside, CA
New to astronomy and astrophotography both. Got my first scope, the NexStar 102SLT, Oct 2016 to enjoy with the family. Love the quick, lightweight grab and go aspect of this scope for spontaneous viewing and am still happy with this as a starter set-...
New to both astronomy and astrophotography; shares beginner perspective and scope experience.
Hi from Allentown, Pennsylvania
I bought my first scope about 18 months ago, to get my daughter interested in the sciences. Little did I know I would get hooked. I started with a Celestron NexStar 8SE. Seeing the rings of Saturn or the moons of Jupiter do their dance around the pla...
Bought first scope recently; hooked on hobby; shares beginner astronomer trajectory.