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Hi folks - Nice to be part of an active group of like minded people
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welcome to tss .
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REFRACTORS , . Lunt 80mm MT Ha Doublet Refractor .
BINOS REFRACTOR , apm 82mm sd .
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Seestar S50 Smart Telescope .
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FILTERS, . contrast booster 2 x 1,25 inche .
MOUNTS , cg-4 ,MANFROTO 028 B and fluide head 608 .
Starbound Adjustable Observing Chair .

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I am the result of a star that died a very long time ago, And now i am being warmed up by another today.
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Hi Bruce, and welcome here to the Forum!

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Telescopes: Celestron Origin; Vaonis Stellina; Edmund Astroscan
Solar: Thousand Oaks white light filter; Daystar Questar Quark (chromosphere) Hα filter (for sale)
Mounts: Celestron Origin; Explore Scientific Twilight I; Majestic heavy duty tripod
Local Club: New Hampshire Astronomical Society
Global Meteor Network: Station US0059
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Welcome to the TSS Bruce. Any specific interests?
Greg M.~ "Ad Astra per Aspera"
Scopes: Celestron EdgeHD14", Explore Scientific ED152CF & ED127 APO's, StellarVue SV70T, Classic Orange-Tube C-8, Lunt 80mm Ha double-stack solar scope.
Mounts: Astro-Physics Mach One, iOptron CEM70EC Mount, iOptron ZEQ25 Mount.
Cameras: ZWO ASI2600mm Pro, ZWO 2600MC Pro, ZWO ASI1600mm
Filters: 36mm Chroma LRGB & 3nm Ha, OIII, SII, L-Pro, L-eXtreme
Eyepieces: 27mm TeleVue Panoptic, 4mm TeleVue Radian, Explore Scientific 82° 30mm, 6.7mm , Baader 13mm Hyperion, Explore Scientific 70° 10mm, 15mm, 20mm, Meade 8.8mm UWA
Software: N.I.N.A., SharpCapPro, PixInsight, PhotoShop CC, Phd2, Stellarium
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Welcome to TSS Bruce, thanks for joining us!
Clear Skies,
-Jeff :telescopewink:


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Celestron C5, Celestar 8
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Hello and welcome :)
Some refractors, eyepieces, mounts and related equipment
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Welcome Bruce!
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Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope
Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50
Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl
Camera: ZWO ASI 120
Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs
Latitude: 37.5446° N
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Hello and welcome aboard! I live just "up the street" from you! Are you aware of the Richmond Astronomical Society?

https://richastro.org/

Dave
Scopes: Unitron (60mm, 102mm), Brandon 94; Stellarvue SVX127D, Meade 8" SCT
Mounts: Unitron Alt-Az and Equatorial; Losmandy G-11 and AZ8; Stellarvue M002
EPs: UO Plossl 55mm, Brandon 48mm, variety of TeleVues, and a collection of Unitron EPs
AL Observing Awards: Outreach/Master, Double Star, Lunar; working Lunar II, Carbon Star, Open Star Cluster and Meteor
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Welcome on board Bruce!
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 14" & 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
Mounts: Rowan: AZ100; SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Delos, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV, Celestron: X-Cel LX.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S; Astronomik: UHC.
Solar: HA: Lunt 50mm double-stack, W/L: Meade Herschel wedge.

Observing: DSOs: 3512 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2358), Doubles: 2926, Comets: 38, Asteroids: 344
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Welcome !
Experimental Solar Lunar & Planetary Imaging.

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go Nowhere"

Carl Sagan.

Currently on an extended hiatus in search of darker skies, hope to see you all again real soon,

Best of luck out there My Friends.

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Hi Bruce, thanks for joining us! Looking forward to your posts :D

All the best,
Mark

"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.

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HA - PST stage 2 mod with Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters, ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD, Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm, UV/IR filters, Canon EOS 550D.

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Welcome to the forum Bruce.

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Amateur astronomer since 1978...Web site :http://joe-cali.com/...Solar Eclipses Observed:18
Scopes/cams: 18"f5.5, VC200L, 6"f7, SV102ED, ED80 / ASI2600MC, Pentax K1, K5, K01
Binoculars: Celestron Skymaster Pro 15x70, SV Bony SV202 10x42ED
Mounts: Takahashi EM-200, iOptron iEQ45, Losmandy Starlapse, SW Star Adventurer, Vixen Polarie
Eyepieces: TV Naglers 31, 17, 12, 7; Denkmeier D21 & D14; Pentax XW10, XW5.
Memberships The Sky Searchers; Astronomical Association of Queensland; RASNZ Occultations Section.
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Hello Bruce,

Welcome to TSS. Glad you joined us.

Cheers,
JT
∞ Primary Scopes: #1: Celestron CPC1100 #2: 8" f/7.5 Dob #3: CR150HD f/8 6" frac
∞ AP Scopes: #1: TPO 6" f/9 RC #2: ES 102 f/7 APO #3: ES 80mm f/6 APO
∞ G&G Scopes: #1: Meade 102mm f/7.8 #2: Bresser 102mm f/4.5
∞ Guide Scopes: 70 & 80mm fracs -- The El Cheapo Bros.
∞ Mounts: iOptron CEM70AG, SW EQ6R, Celestron AVX, SLT & GT (Alt-Az), Meade DS2000
∞ Cameras: #1: ZWO ASI294MC Pro #2: 662MC #3: 120MC, Plus a Canon T3i, an Orion SSAG, and 3 WYZE Cam3
∞ Binos: 10X50,11X70,15X70, 25X100 ∞ AP Gear: ZWO EAF and mini EFW and the Optolong L-eXteme filter
∞ EPs: ES 2": 21mm 100° & 30mm 82° Pentax XW: 7, 10, 14, & 20mm 70°

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