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Good to be back after a long hiatus. Things got busy with music and life stuff. This summer I finally got a chance to dust off the scopes and camera. I forgot how challenging and satisfying my AP time is. Glad to see the mods are more or less the same crew and look forward to following all the interesting posts.

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Welcome back Mark!
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
Mounts: 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, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
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, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.
Solar: HA: Lunt 50mm single stack, W/L: Meade Herschel wedge.

Observing: DSOs: 3106 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2180, S110: 77). Doubles: 2437, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 257
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Hi Mark and welcome back!
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Great to have you back Mark!!
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Scopes: Explore Scientific ED80CF, Skywatcher 200 Quattro Imaging Newt, SeeStar S50 for EAA.
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-g mount & Skywatcher EQ5 Pro.
ZWO mini guider.
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Filters: LRGB, Ha 7nm, O-III 7nm, S-II 7nm
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Hey Mark. It is an exciting surprise and great occasion to see you back on TSS again. You have been missed so it is very nice to see you on here again.
:text-welcomewave: BACK
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Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
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Hello Mark and welcome back to the Forum.
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Welcome back, Mark!
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Welcome back, Mark!

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Nice to have you back Mark!
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Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
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Hey Mark, that was a shot in the arm today; nice to see you on here again! Hope all's been good in the past years and glad you're still into the music and getting back to AP!

Playing anywhere in Hamilton soon? ;)

All the best,
Mark

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:text-welcomeconfetti: back .
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Makuser wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 6:57 pm Hey Mark. It is an exciting surprise and great occasion to see you back on TSS again. You have been missed so it is very nice to see you on here again.
:text-welcomewave: BACK
Thank you sir 😁
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Thefatkitty wrote: Tue Sep 06, 2022 12:52 am Hey Mark, that was a shot in the arm today; nice to see you on here again! Hope all's been good in the past years and glad you're still into the music and getting back to AP!

Playing anywhere in Hamilton soon? ;)

All the best,
Thank you. Good to be back. Just in the process of auditioning a new drummer, so hopefully the band won't be idle for too long. 😁
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Welcome back Mark :)
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Hi Mark,

Welcome back. You were missed.

Cheers
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∞ 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, Canon T3i, Orion SSAG, WYZE Cam3
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Great to see you back Mark :D
I look forward to reading your posts again (and guitar work videos)
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Welcome back, Mark! Glad to see you were able to work your way back! Looking forward to your posting.

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