Evening all. Only recently joined IIS and I'd posted to a couple of threads when I became aware of the fact that most newbies post a new thread introducing themselves.
So here we go then.
Have always had a latent interest in Astronomy and often found myself looking up at the stars and wondering what I was looking at, apart from sheer beauty. About 12 months ago my very wonderful brother Steve (he of the Gargoyle fame) gave me a pair of 20x80 binos, a heap of star charts, Steve Massey's "Exploring the Moon"and lots of encouragement. Just recently, my other wonderful brother Don sent me a Celestron 65 mm spotting scope that he upgraded from. This has been great for checking out the Moon, but I can see that the need for a half decent scope is not too far away.I'm also interested in terrestrial photography, bushwalking, Doctor Who and of course, dogs. I live roughly half way between Alice Springs and Pine Gap and am blessed with some truly dark skies. Please be nice to me if you see me on the forums asking dumb questions. Dark skies to all!