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[Adrian-H]

Hello, im a Student 21 From Sydney living in north Epping, i enjoy Painting On Canvas And Astronomy, I Have Integrated My Equipment Into My Signature, Scopes and Eyepeices. They are all possl's, i am moving out pretty soon, i want to get a place that has really good conditions for my scopes, and i really want to discover alot more with them, i would really appricate it if i could get alot of advice from you guys and advice on a place that is a good condition for my scopes, overtime i would love to be able to get the equipment and start astrophotography, the things i can see currently are pretty common stuff like orions gas nebular, and some clusters, and the beehive cluster, and the planets/moons but they have alot of glare from where i am.

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Welcome Adrian. You have a very nice setup. Lots of Syndeysiders here who can help you find good observing sites.

PS. how about merging those lines in your signature?

[RB (Andrew)]

Welcome Adrian to IIS.



You've come to the right place and you'll find plenty of help available.

[acropolite (Phil)]

Welcome Adrian, all the things you're interested in have been done by members of the forum. Astrophotography with a dob is a big ask, but certainly planetary imaging with a ToUcam or similar suitable webcam is achievable. Look through the forum for posts by davidpretorius and iceman (Mike) to see what's achievable using a dob and some basic tracking.

[rmcpb (Rob)]

Adrian,

Welcome to the forum

A tip that may help a bit with your glare problems. Get a couple of red manilla folders and make a tube out of them that goes around the end of your scope - an extension to your scope. Fix them on with velcro bits and this should help with the glare. One of the main problems with light pollution is off axis light getting into your focusere and wrecking the contrast of your image. By extending the tube it is not possible for the incidental light to get into the focuser and this helps.

As for good places in Sydney, they are a rare beast as the light pollution is all pervasive. I live in the Blue Mountains and get a great view of the wasted light from Sydney every night. You will be able to moderate the effects of the light pollution while in Sydney but the only real way to get great views is to pack the beast into your car and travel to a dark site in the mountains or up the coast.

Have you contacted your local astro society, they will have some inside knowledge we don't have about little areas that are better in your area?

Keep looking up.

[Adrian-H]

hmm, that is a good idea rmcpb, thanks, ill have to try that, im sure it would reduce the glare, ive seen a EQ mount for dobs at 1100$, i really like the dob pictures posted up, it would be really great if i could make stuff like that

[ving (David)]

hi adrian, looks like kyou have some great scopes there
welcome abaord

[astronut (John)]

Hi Adrian, and welcome. You mentioned that you're moving, where to?
As the others have said a local astronomical society is best.
I'm the vp of The Macarthur Astronomical Society. Our web site is www.macastro.org.au It will also show you some of the astrophoto's taken by the members. Cheers, Johnl

[RAJAH235]

Hi Adrian. &
The 6" on the EQ, is that manual or motor drive? Depending on the mount, might be suitable for Astrophotos.
As pointed out, try the local Societies/clubs for more info on viewing nights & dark sky sites in the area.
http://www.nsas.org.au/
http://www.sasi.net.au/
HTH. L.

[Adrian-H]

thanks for all the welcomes, my scopes are manual at the moment.

when i get the time im gonna invest in maped sky altlas.

[RAJAH235]

Do you have CDC or Virtual Moon Atlas?
http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/
http://www.astrosurf.com/avl/UK_index.html
few more free ones here,>http://astro.nineplanets.org/astrosoftware.html
L.

[Adrian-H]

thats nice, thanks!