Hi all,
so now its my turn to introduce myself. My name is Lars, aged 58, and I have had hobby-astronomy for some years as a kind of supplemental hobby aside of sailing, family, cooking and other stuff :-) Currently being a silver member I heard about this service from am astro-friend here in Lübeck. So why am I here...? Well, to put it simple: to save time.
Im mostly doing visual scoping (Intes Micro MN86 on a 10micron 1000 HPS). I have had some attempts to get into "serious" astrophotography but doing "serious" astrophotography is both time consuming and has additional (and in part also quite costly) requirements regarding equipment, software and (post-)processing skills.
This service is for me - being a newbie to many aspects of astrophotography - an excellent source of acquiring data to work with without constantly asking myself "Am I doing right" or "why doesnt that work the way I expect...?". So Im breaking down my learning curve in smaller steps. With the data from an excellent source I can get into the processing, when I know what to do there, I can get into acquiring - and the decision wether to invest myself or to become a gold or syndicate member later and whilst continuing to concentrate on visual scoping.
Regarding my own imaging I have concentrated on solar H-Alpha with a Lunt 100.
Well, I guess thats all for the moment, see you here
Kind regards
Lars