Hello everyone!

[moksta (Matt)]

Hi guys/girls

I'm a new member so I thought I'd say hi and introduce myself.

My name is Matt, I'm 29 years old from Perth in the eastern suburbs. I've had an interest in astronomy ever since my olds bought me a Tasco 4" reflector.

Today I own a 10" Meade LX90-ACF and recently bought a DSI II colour which I'm keen to get going once all this cloud buggers off.

I hope to learn a lot from this forum and help any others that I can.

Cheers!

[renormalised (Carl)]

Hi Matt, welcome to IIS

I see you've gone down that slippery slope of astrophotography It gets better (and more expensive) from now on

We'll fill you in on all you need to know here and you'll meet lots of very interesting people. I think you're going to like it here

[oosh (Jason)]

Welcome Matt I'm new also, and to astronomy as well. Everyone here is quite the welcoming & helpful bunch, so you should fit right in (at least until you start checking out everyone elses gear, followed by your credit card account balance )

[Osirisra (Ken)]

G'day Matt, Welcome!

Have fun with the onset of the imaging black hole, it sucks up money very effectively

[Iceaxe (Joe)]

Matt,

Can I suggest joining a club / society (at least check it out).

The info you'll pick up is extremely helpful, there is more to astronomy that looking into telescopes, stuff like :- Spectrograph, Collimation, Setting up, ect. The wealth of knowledge and experience of the members is great.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/clublistings.html#WA

Joe

[Suzy]

Hi Matt &
Wonderful to have you on board and look forward to your contributions.
I not only wish the clouds would b****r off but I also wish this freezing cold spell weather would take a hike too I hate the cold.

[Mliss (Mel)]

Hi Matt, i'm new here too.

I hope you can get a break in the clouds soon, i think Wed is supposed to be sunny if you can wait that long.

I'm with you Suzy, i hate the cold too. haha this little guy is so cute

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Hi Matt, and welcome.

you are 3 hours behind us here on the east coast so you should still be up to read this

[bartman (Bart)]

Heya Matt ( and Mel),
Welcome!!!!!!
This is an awesome site to ask any Q's you may have!
Great to see more Perth based like minded people!
I hate the cold too Mel!!!!
Bartman

[Mliss (Mel)]

lol Bart. Is there a thread for people in/near Perth? I should really look first