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17-12-2010, 03:01 PM
2010 – The year in review from the Doghouse
I thought that this year i would have a little monologue of how my year has came and gone - yes, yet again the spaceship earth has brought us all to this time of year when the mastercard cops a hiding?:rolleyes:
For me personally it has been a bit of a mixed bag, but on the whole I am happy and getting better and better every day :P. I have a few images published locally and overseas:thumbsup:, I attended Astrofest:love: and brought home a lot of photons:D, I built my lovely Doghouse Observatory:) in the beginning of the year, and just recently embarked on a beginning of my new quest for photons by re tooling for the future with a C11 hyperstar scope and a QHY10 imaging camera – imaging at F2:eyepop:!!!
I have enjoyed the time spent with other of similar ilk:rofl:, and enjoyed the day at IISAC this year and especially my time at Queensland Astrofest – there is no event like this!!! It is the only time of year that one can truly relax and take in the scenery. This year saw the introduction of the Astrotrac - brilliant bit of kit – liked it so much I bought a second one – you can never get enough photons ;)
I wish to acknowledge the help and advice I have received from some close Astrofriends :ship1:– Paul Russell, RB and Alan Meehan. I wish to congratulate Alan for taking out the astrophotography award for the deepsky section at astrofest; Mate, that is a fantastic personal achievement and couldnt happen to a nicer bloke:thumbsup:. Paul’s tuition and advice has been invaluable:bowdown:, especially when setting the gear up, he can fix most frustrations ;) with alignments of just about anything (I couldn’t find south if my life depended on it LOL). Thanks mate for the help;). As for RB :confuse3:– well - he has been my conscience:lol2:. One must always consult your conscience before going off and doing some thing stupid:rofl: – sorry RB I should have listened :rofl:. He enjoys spending my money:help:!
I also wish to thank some of the more advanced Astrophotographers for their advice throughout the year. I have taken note of many things. For the foreseeable future I will be upgrading my mount to one that can handle a bit of weight and is robust enough to suit my needs – I hope to get a Losmandy Titan late next year, or earlier if the dollar looks like sliding out of existence.
The biggest downer for me has been illness at crucial times (SPSP and IISAC) and this incessant CLOUD.:sadeyes: but its not my fault - Honest:question:
My goals for 2011 are to improve my image processing, bag a terabyte of data from Astrofest, automate the dome of the doghouse, learn some photoshop techniques, attend the inaugural Astro imaging conference in Brisbane, and lastly hope my wife gathers more understanding of my astroimaging needs. Somehow one of those statements may never happen.:whistle:
SO may all your Christmases :xmas::xmas::xmas:come at once and you get all of what you need, mine is in the mail……..Merry Christmas:xmas: and a happy new year to you all.:hi:
I thought that this year i would have a little monologue of how my year has came and gone - yes, yet again the spaceship earth has brought us all to this time of year when the mastercard cops a hiding?:rolleyes:
For me personally it has been a bit of a mixed bag, but on the whole I am happy and getting better and better every day :P. I have a few images published locally and overseas:thumbsup:, I attended Astrofest:love: and brought home a lot of photons:D, I built my lovely Doghouse Observatory:) in the beginning of the year, and just recently embarked on a beginning of my new quest for photons by re tooling for the future with a C11 hyperstar scope and a QHY10 imaging camera – imaging at F2:eyepop:!!!
I have enjoyed the time spent with other of similar ilk:rofl:, and enjoyed the day at IISAC this year and especially my time at Queensland Astrofest – there is no event like this!!! It is the only time of year that one can truly relax and take in the scenery. This year saw the introduction of the Astrotrac - brilliant bit of kit – liked it so much I bought a second one – you can never get enough photons ;)
I wish to acknowledge the help and advice I have received from some close Astrofriends :ship1:– Paul Russell, RB and Alan Meehan. I wish to congratulate Alan for taking out the astrophotography award for the deepsky section at astrofest; Mate, that is a fantastic personal achievement and couldnt happen to a nicer bloke:thumbsup:. Paul’s tuition and advice has been invaluable:bowdown:, especially when setting the gear up, he can fix most frustrations ;) with alignments of just about anything (I couldn’t find south if my life depended on it LOL). Thanks mate for the help;). As for RB :confuse3:– well - he has been my conscience:lol2:. One must always consult your conscience before going off and doing some thing stupid:rofl: – sorry RB I should have listened :rofl:. He enjoys spending my money:help:!
I also wish to thank some of the more advanced Astrophotographers for their advice throughout the year. I have taken note of many things. For the foreseeable future I will be upgrading my mount to one that can handle a bit of weight and is robust enough to suit my needs – I hope to get a Losmandy Titan late next year, or earlier if the dollar looks like sliding out of existence.
The biggest downer for me has been illness at crucial times (SPSP and IISAC) and this incessant CLOUD.:sadeyes: but its not my fault - Honest:question:
My goals for 2011 are to improve my image processing, bag a terabyte of data from Astrofest, automate the dome of the doghouse, learn some photoshop techniques, attend the inaugural Astro imaging conference in Brisbane, and lastly hope my wife gathers more understanding of my astroimaging needs. Somehow one of those statements may never happen.:whistle:
SO may all your Christmases :xmas::xmas::xmas:come at once and you get all of what you need, mine is in the mail……..Merry Christmas:xmas: and a happy new year to you all.:hi: