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Greetings, Earthlings. I am a retired serviceman, 70 years young, and I have been in and out of the hobby over my lifetime. a couple of decades back I had a hefty Celestron Ultima 11 on a fork mount. It was a beast, but I dutifully hauled it out into the wintery frost on the prairies. I always wanted a dream refractor because that was a first scope when in my teens, a modest Tasco . I finally have another modest make and model, but it's the 150 mm that I thought I'd never own. I love binoculars, stellare physics and evolution, cosmology, and viewing whatever is up there seasonally. Horsing a large scope into a vehicle is now beyond me (I'm not so motivated and physically adept as I was in the 1990's), so I also sprang for a NexDome which I will erect when it is delivered in a couple of months.

It's nice to return to the fold. I'm a grandpa, raised three wonderful girls with my amazing wife (who is a far better person than I), and still keep active when my heart isn't giving me fits (atrial fibrillation and flutter, but a second catheter ablation seems to have worked and I'm good for now). BTW, and I'll duck if I see any missiles coming at me, now that I have raised three girls to adulthood, I am no longer under any illusions as to the mystery of the distaff. They're regular folk, regular problems, and need love and respect as much as any of us do. :shhh:
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Good story Inkie and welcome to the forums!!!
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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
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welcome to tss .
I LOVE REFRACTORS , :Astronomer1: :sprefac:

REFRACTOR , TS-Optics Doublet SD-APO 125 mm f/7.8 . Lunt 80mm MT Ha Doublet Refractor .

EYEPIECES, Delos , Delite and 26mm Nagler t5 , 2 zoom Svbony 7-21 , Orion Premium Linear BinoViewer .

FILTER , Nebustar 2 tele vue . Apm solar wedge . contrast booster 2 inches .

Mounts , cg-4 motorized , eq6 pro belt drive .

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Hello and welcome to TSS. Glad you joined us.

Cheers,
∞ 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, Canon T3i, Orion SSAG, 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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Hi Inkie. It's great to have you join us here on TSS and that was a wonderful introduction from you. Welcome to the forum Inkie and the best of wishes on your upcoming NexDome project.
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Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
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.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
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Welcome to TSS!!

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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.
Image cameras: ZWO ASI1600 MM Cool, ZWO ASI533mc-Pro, ZWO ASI174mm-C (for use with my Quark chromosphere), ZWO ASI120MC
Filters: LRGB, Ha 7nm, O-III 7nm, S-II 7nm
Eyepieces: a few.
Primary software: Cartes du Ciel, N.I.N.A, StarTools V1.4.

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Nice intro Inkie and welcome to TSS from another Canuck who also is surrounded by females :lol:

Good for you and look forward to hearing your exploits!

All the best,
Mark

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Too much Towa glass/mirrors.

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H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a 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 with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.
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Hello Inkie and welcome to the Forum.
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Olympus DPS-1 10x50 binoculars.
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Welcome Inkie!

Nice introduction! Looking forward to hearing about your new adventures!
Jim

Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
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.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
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Hi Inkie, and welcome here to the Forum!

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Solar: Thousand Oaks white light filter; Daystar Quark (chromosphere) Hα filter
Mounts: Explore Scientific Twilight I; Majestic heavy duty tripod
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Welcome to TSS Inkie!
Thanks for joining us 🙂
Clear Skies,
-Jeff :telescopewink:


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Welcome, Inkie.

I, too, am ex-military, and formerly from the Vancouver Island area, Denman Island, to be specific. There are lots of good folks here. Looking forward to your posts.
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Welcome to the fold. Its a good place to be.
I'm on the left coast and in the dim distant past my first name was Sgt. Now I'm just a retired old guy who looks at stars when the weather is good :)
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Howdy!
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Great introduction, Inkie! Welcome on board!
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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Thanks, all of you. I guess I had better get my post count up so that I can be unfettered.
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Welcome aboard you will love it here !
Gee if I had known there was so much to see I would have started decades ago ! :Astronomer1:

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Inkie wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 5:05 pm Thanks, all of you. I guess I had better get my post count up so that I can be unfettered.
That is easy to do. Thre are lots of interesting threads to participate in, or start your own if you have questions about something. Take one of our quizzes and post your results for fun. The May quiz is here: https://theskysearchers.com/app.php/quiz/play/3
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