Greetings from lower Saxony, Isenbüttel, Bortle 4 :)

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Ernst Glas avatar
Hi everyone,

I've been with astronomy for 30 years, with astrophotography for almost 3 years now.
Started photography with a Panasonic GH5 piggy-back on a simple single-arm-mount with a C8.
Switched to an EQ6R and Skywatcher 200 PDS with MGEN3 and ASI533, some filters and improved a lot.
Last year, I got a GM1000, which led me to work without optical guiding. I'v been and am very impressed
by the accuarcy and user-friendlyness by this device.
These days, I am working on buying a R/C due to it's larger focal length to focus on smaller objects.

Glad to be here beside some fb groups.
TakFan avatar
Welcome Ernst,

Nice mount! Good to have you on board.

Regards from Dortmund
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Gernot Schreider avatar
Willkommen bei der besten Astrofoto community!

Grüße aus der Pfalz - auch Bortle 4 smile

Gernot
Sean van Drogen avatar
Welcome Ernst,

On the R/C exploration journey myself. Some envy of your B4 Skies from B8 here in Amsterdam.
Hopefully moving this year to a nice B4/5 location.

CS,
Sean
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