I have been on iceinspace alot after google searches, so after reading alot i decided to also register.
so, I am Erwin Kats, 22 years old from Holland.
I work in electronics ( telecommunications, security systems etc ) for a steel company called Tata Steel.
I already work there for 5 years ( 2 years company school ).
It might be my boss, but its also my biggest light pollution problem in this area
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I have been interested in astronomy since my 10th birthday, we went with the family to a observatory, and not long after that I received a small 60mm telescope for xmas.
And from that moment i was doomed, from the 60mm i went to a meade ETX 70, from the ETX 70 to a meade model 4500 115mm newton (
)
After the ETX 70 died because of electronic failures, i started saving money for a bigger , 2nd hand meade LX 90 8''.
Me with the meade LX90 8'' wedge mounted, on top WO ZS 80 ED.
http://www.astro-land.net/wp-content...ipment/188.jpg
But the visual use was ending, and i wanted to do astrophotography.
So a few years after the LX90 i bought myself a Losmandy g-11 with a stellarvue 102 ED, ( o no, bad experiences !
)
The g-11 works fine now.... after a accident in the french alps, the force of nature blew my losmandy g-11 with vixen r200ss to the ground
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in good times
http://www.astro-land.net/wp-content...ipment/225.jpg
And in the mean while a dream came through, 1 year ago i received a ASA DDM 85, it took me a long time to save the money, but at the moment it was all worth it.
http://www.astro-land.net/wp-content...etup-02-fr.jpg
i also upgraded from dslr imaging to CCD with a qsi 583 WS ( what a relief ! )
i hope this was enough for now
