About time I became active on this forum!
My name is Paul and currently live near Grantham (Lockyer Valley), Qld. I've had an "on and off" interest in astronomy for a number of years. I've been a reasonably dormant member of AAQ for quite a while, but am keen to get things going again now that I have finished my engineering studies at USQ (more constant routine and a bit more coin to play with
), and have a good friend (joshman) that has picked up the hobby in recent months who is rather keen.
My equipment consists of a Meade LXD-75 6" newtonian with the cheatstar (Autostar hand controller), a set of relatively cheap eyepieces, a Canon Powershot A95 and an older Ricoh SLR. My areas of interest are general observing and astrophotography. My first scope was a $200 tasco job...learnt a few things with that
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Despite the good dark skies where I live, I'm practically surrounded by trees so my view is limited to straight above me. Consequently my scope lives in its boxes.
So I guess that's my back story. I'm a little more interested in my cars at the moment (as most young guys are) but will post from time to time!
Cheers