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Greetings and Salutations from the middle of nowhere Ohio. The wife and I have been into astronomy a couple years now and while were aren't really newbies we still have tons to learn. I am mostly a dob kind of guy, having both a 10 inch and a 16 inch and live under Bortle 4 skies. We get out when the skies cooperate with our work schedules.
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Hi Mike, welcome to TSS! Glad to have you here :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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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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welcome in .
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Mounts , cg-4 motorized , eq6 pro belt drive .

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Hello and welcome to the forums Mike :)
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EQ: TAL MT-1, Vixen SXP, SXP2, AXJ, AXD
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Hello Mike

Welcome to the forum.

Regards

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Welcome to TSS Mike!
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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
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Hi Mike and Welcome to the forums from another Mike.
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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
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:Astronomer1: Hello Mike and welcome aboard! I too am mostly a dob guy and live in the middle of nowhere under bortle 3 skies!😁 Nothing but farmland here! I have a 14 inch dob and I hope we can compare notes sometimes. Great people on this forum!
Ed :Astronomer1:
Scopes: Orion 14 inch f/4.6 Dobsonian w/MoonLite focuser. Meade LX200 Classic 10”w/AudioStar and MoonLite focuser, Criterion RV6, Orion ST80A w/2” GSO micro focuser.
Eyepieces: ES 5.5mm 100*, 6.7mm 82*, 11mm 82*, 14mm 100*, 18mm 82*, 20mm 100*, Meade 9mm XWA 100*, 24mm UWA 82*, 56mm 50*, TV Delos 6,8 & 10mm, Panoptic 24, 27 & 35mm, 17mm Nagler, Powermate 2X, Baader 6mm Ortho, Paracorr II.
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Hi Mike. We're all happy to have you on board here at TSS and that was a nice introduction from you too. You joined the right place to enjoy your astronomy hobby and share your experiences with all of us. Welcome to the forum Mike and the best of wishes to you and to your wife on your astronomy adventures.
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Greetings Mike,

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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10538 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:07 pm :Astronomer1: Hello Mike and welcome aboard! I too am mostly a dob guy and live in the middle of nowhere under bortle 3 skies!😁 Nothing but farmland here! I have a 14 inch dob and I hope we can compare notes sometimes. Great people on this forum!
We can do that.
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Hello Mike! Welcome to the group!

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Welcome to TSS Mike
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Hi Mike, and welcome here to the Forum!

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