Hey ya'll from Texas

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Jason Cropper avatar
Hi, I'm Jason.  I'm in SE Texas.  I've owned hobby killer telescopes my whole life, at least since I was about 12 years old.  I dove into the astrophotography hobby in June of 2020.  I own an 8 inch dob and a Sony A6600 camera.  I've been learning so much every day.  I've spent hours outside 100s of nights and 100s of nights at the computer reading, watching, learning, conversing.

Looking at a Celestron EdgeHD 11 right now and all its requirements to make it work for me.  I'm on all the forums and YT channels.  I go by the screen name 'Clear Ambient Skies' there.  Nice to meet everyone I have so far and looking forward to meeting and speaking with ya'll too.

Have a good one and clear skies!
Jason
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Gary Imm avatar
Welcome, Jason!  I am also in SE Texas and I own a Celestron Edge HD 11.  If you have any questions about it, just shoot me a PM.
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Jason Cropper avatar
Thanks Gary. I’ve been so close to pulling the trigger, but the 11” RASA is tempting too. Ugh haha
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