Newbie say's "Hello"

[Pinwheel]

Hi all, I'm a Newbie here but have owned a few different telescopes over my time on earth, as a kid though to adult. My first telescope was a 12" long refractor and as a little kid I knew I could see Apollo 11 & the flag. Later in life I bought a 70mm Tasco refractor which served me well for 2 decades.

The last arrival about 2 years ago was a 203mm reflector bought on ebay, Wow! I had no idea what I'd been missing. Straight out of the box the stars were sharp pinpoints & the moon could be only about meter or two away. I could point it at a black part of the sky & see millions stars.

I'm lucky not to have light pollution out here & enjoy sitting in my deck chair watching the sky with my MP3 player tuned to "Dark side of the moon".:hi:

[DavidU]

Welcome Doug:thumbsup: Nice part of the country up there !

[Liz]

Welcome Douglas :welcome: ... sounds like you are having lotsa fun already!!! Lots of info on this site, so do a search of what you are in to. :thumbsup:
You will find a large number of Pink Floyd fans, so you are aleady popular now. ;)

[M54]

Welcome Douglas,

You won't regret signing on here.

Cheers,

Molly.:)

[jjjnettie]

I love the Floyd too!
Welcome to IIS Doug.:)

[that_guy]

:eyepop::eyepop: 12" Refractor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Suzy]

:welcome::party2::jump::party::part y::party::jump:
Welcome Douglas. We have a wonderful bunch of people on here. Please don't be afraid to ask any questions - people on here are always happy to help.

[astroron]

TONY, Note the word "LONG":thumbsup:

[Kevnool]

Welcome Doug dark skies at Horsham there.
Just keep looking up.
Cheers Kev.

[cohiba]

Hi Doug
Welcome you will enjoy this site there is a wealth of knowlege here, and good to see you have a good taste in music

[that_guy]

Oh!!! That explains everything! :rofl::rofl:

[barx1963]

Welcome to IIS Doug. Good to see another Western District observer out there.

[Chillie]

Hi Doug,

I assume you are in Horsham, Victoria and not Horsham, SA.

I'm in Horsham North and have a few street lights around my house but still get some dark skies sometimes. Other times I get light pollution from the town center.

Welcome to IceInSpace.

[Ric]

Hi Doug and welcome, it's a great place here.

You'll love it.

Yep, another Floyd fan here as well.

[big_dav_2001]

Welcome Doug, from one newbie to another,i hope you find this site as invaluable as i have...
Davin
:cheers:

[DiamondDust]

:welcome: Douglas. Fabulous website, great music, dark skies. Enjoy :)

[Pinwheel]

Thank you all for the warm welcome....Very nice :thanx: