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Hello my name is Jose Duddy and I am a retired Professional Singer/Entertainer. I spent the better part of 25 years singing and performing all over New England. At the present time my wife and I live in Tarpon Springs Florida. Back in late May this year I was diagnosed with stage 4 Renal Cell carcinoma. Terminal Cancer. I still golf twice a week however I needed something more help cope with my cancer. So I went out a bought a new Celestron 4SE NextStar telescope with computerized go-to mount/Celestron Wifi dongle. Nice case of Polssl lens, and a lens wifi camera. I am a Rookie Astrophotography fan looking to gain lots of knowledge about Astrophotography.
Thanks In Advance for any help and for having me on your forum.

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Welcome to the forums Jose.
The 4SE is a fun Maksutov telescope and I hope you have fun imaging with it.
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Thank you for the nice comment. I will be testing your theory tonight depending on the sky. Once I get a couple more posts I'll be able to post a link to what I've done so far
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Hi Jose, and welcome here to the Forum!

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Welcome to TSS Jose, thanks for joining us :)

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Welcome. And you might want to check out the Nexstar site, where there is lots of good info on these scopes: https://www.nexstarsite.com
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Welcome to TSS Jose , sorry to hear about your terminal illness , but we all have that we all pass away one day , my brother was fine and had his annual check up and died a week later! so who knows
Enjoy the new scope and good luck with AP
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Welcome aboard, Jose! You've picked a great group to join. I find that looking at the stars helps give me perspective, so to speak, about my place in the universe and I applaud your new hobby.
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gregl wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:52 am Welcome. And you might want to check out the Nexstar site, where there is lots of good info on these scopes: https://www.nexstarsite.com
Thank You Very Much
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    Celestron NextStar SE 4"
    Celestron GoTo Computerized Tripod w/alt mount
    1325mm Focal Lenth
    Celestron Wifi Control Dongal
    RoHS 16/24mp WiFi eye lens camera
    Google Pixel Tablet w/mount stand to Tripod
    Polsso Lens Suit Case (4) lens & (4) Filters/Barlo
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AntennaGuy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:26 pm Welcome aboard, Jose! You've picked a great group to join. I find that looking at the stars helps give me perspective, so to speak, about my place in the universe and I applaud your new hobby.
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Thank You Very Much
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    Celestron NextStar SE 4"
    Celestron GoTo Computerized Tripod w/alt mount
    1325mm Focal Lenth
    Celestron Wifi Control Dongal
    RoHS 16/24mp WiFi eye lens camera
    Google Pixel Tablet w/mount stand to Tripod
    Polsso Lens Suit Case (4) lens & (4) Filters/Barlo
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Richard wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:55 pm Welcome to TSS Jose , sorry to hear about your terminal illness , but we all have that we all pass away one day , my brother was fine and had his annual check up and died a week later! so who knows
Enjoy the new scope and good luck with AP
Thank You Very Much
Jose
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    Celestron NextStar SE 4"
    Celestron GoTo Computerized Tripod w/alt mount
    1325mm Focal Lenth
    Celestron Wifi Control Dongal
    RoHS 16/24mp WiFi eye lens camera
    Google Pixel Tablet w/mount stand to Tripod
    Polsso Lens Suit Case (4) lens & (4) Filters/Barlo
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