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[cadman342001 (Andy)]

Hi,

I'm Andy, I live in Cairns and am looking to start using a tracker for deeper astro photography having used WA lenses on my dslr before for shots of the MW.

I shoot Nikon, and moved to Cairns from the UK in 2007.

My wife is a MH Nurse, one of our kids now lives in Melbourne, 1 in Surfers and one still at home (18). I'm kinda retired here at the mo (I'm only 49) so have plenty of time to get out bush, I shoot macro insects already (Tropical North Queensland ain't a bad place for them) and want to take more advantage of the dark skies easily accessible up here.
I have a month's camping coming up down on the Gold Coast Hinterland in June visiting our daughter too so that could also be good time for astro.

I have posted a question in the beginners equipment forum regarding what tracker and what equipment I want to use on it.


Andy

[AEAJR (Ed)]

Welcome to the fun. Best of luck with our imaging.

Be sure to visit here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/f...splay.php?f=35

[Benjamin (Ben)]

Welcome Andy. If you're down Brisbane way and it coincides with a new moon there are various groups around here that will be out under the stars. Might be worth hooking up with one of them.

https://www.sraa.org.au
http://www.astroanarchy.com.au
http://sas.org.au

The various Facebook pages associated with the websites I find are better reference points :-)

[cadman342001 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by AEAJR

Welcome to the fun. Best of luck with our imaging.

Be sure to visit here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/f...splay.php?f=35

Cheers ! Will do.

[cadman342001 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Welcome Andy. If you're down Brisbane way and it coincides with a new moon there are various groups around here that will be out under the stars. Might be worth hooking up with one of them.

https://www.sraa.org.au
http://www.astroanarchy.com.au
http://sas.org.au

The various Facebook pages associated with the websites I find are better reference points :-)

Thanks Ben, I'll have a look.