My name is Paul, I'm new to IceInSpace and would like to introduce myself with some of the astro images I've been producing from my backyard observatory in Newcastle, NSW.
Paul - and i know that name from years ago great site and articles btw your article "100 Brightest Galaxies for Southern Observers" fits right in with some discussions happening at the mo
Kearn
Welcome to Ice in Space. I'm fairly new here myself. Good to see another Novacastrian on board (I class myself as a Novacastrian, even though now I live in Maitland).
Nice pics and a nice website too (I think I've spent some time visiting there previously).
Gee sorry Asimov, I didn't realise it was a competition. I thought this IceInSpace forum is where I could share some of my images with other aussies. Uhm.. my camera is an el-cheapo! I don't think there is a cheaper astro-camera unless you are using a 35m film camera. In fact all my astro work is extremely low budget, no autoguiders, no goto, no SBIG-11000s, all manually guided with equipment I pieced together myself.
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Originally Posted by asimov
Not ANOTHER astro-pic genius! How can we folk with el-cheapo cameras compete with shots such as these!?
Just joking Paul! Glorious shots Paul & welcome to iceinspace.
No competitions here mate, lots of banter and lots of scope envy.
I love your setup on your website. That mount looks great. Silly question coming here as your images speak for themselves----> How do you go with the 12" reflector on the mount. Any tendency to rock or move. I have a 10" f5 on a dob base (trying to motorize) and may be buying asimov's super duper heavy duty eq6 mount in the next 20 years or so. A lot of feedback seems a little unsure on whether such a long beasty is practical for imaging even with a great mount!
You have every angle covered (concrete foundation are awesome!) so expect a visit from 500 of us anytime now!
Wack the kettle on, my poison is guiness, ken like lemonade, asimov eats brownies, iceman wears loud shirts, houghy will buy all your naglers...
Howdy Paul and welcome.
Everyone, Paul and I have the same make of equatorial mount, and we both hand guide our images Also, we both share the same birthday We have both been bitten by the DSLR imaging bug as well!
Gee theres a lot of imaging in Sculptor going on of late by Ice in space members
Scott
Everyone, Paul and I have the same make of equatorial mount, and we both hand guide our images Also, we both share the same birthday We have both been bitten by the DSLR imaging bug as well!
And both novocastrians too! We've got some great talent from the Newcastle/Hunter area!
I'm only very new here myself and from the Maitland area. Nice site and by the way I've been using Star Atlas Pro for a couple of years now and its great.
Bruce
Welcome to the forum Paul. Saw your picture over at Universe today the other day and wondered why you weren't over here in IIS as well, so its great you found this forum
How can we folk with el-cheapo cameras compete with shots such as these!?
Glorious shots Paul & welcome to iceinspace.
Paul - and i know that name from years ago 
great site and articles btw your article "100 Brightest Galaxies for Southern Observers" fits right in with some discussions happening at the mo 
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