[JaseD (Jase)]

Hi all,
Well I've finally decided after lurking, to bite the bullet and introduce myself. I'm Jase and I am from the East Coast of the Northern Territory. We are just coming into the dry up here; the nights are cooling and clouds clearing.

A bit about me... I am a chalky who teaches science. I have loved space since I was a kid. Mum and Dad got me a cheap refractor from Big W, when I was 9. It was good for seeing the moon and Jupiter (good for a kid) but anything after that was way out of my viewing but was enough to get me interested. Now, I finally decided to speak with Ian from nightskysecrets, as I had done all the research I really wanted to do and decided to get an newt 8" astrograph. I had originally settled for a vixen and Ian suggested I go for the SW 200 Quattro CF. So here we are just waiting for it to come in and the clouds to settle.

I also have the heq5 goto mount (thought about a 6 but reviews all said 5 was better).

I went for the astrograph as I am already a keen landscape photog, nightscapes, city lights and sunsets being my favourite. So logically, well to me anyway, the milky way and beyond was calling. So piggy backing and full blown scope astrophotog here I come. Something to enhance my kids learning in science as well.

Anyway that's me. I will lurk around in the background for now, but will ask the noob questions soon; after all as I tell my yr 7s, "the stupid question is the one you don't ask".

Peace out
Jase D.