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Hi From Belgium

Discussion in 'New Members Introduce Yourself' started by Dodi, Sep 8, 2015.

Hi From Belgium

Started by Dodi on Sep 8, 2015 at 10:55 PM

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  1. Dodi

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    Dodi, Sep 8, 2015
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    Got an invite from Clint, and thought I'd register on the site.

    Introducing myself: Dominique 'Dodi' Dierick, Belgium. Have been doing astronomy since 1975, astrophotography since 1976 with lots of different equipment. Since two years I have a roll off roof observatory again, after living 15 years in the city center. The observatory houses two 10 micron mounts: 1000 HPS and 2000 HPS. On the smaller mount I have a Takahashi Epsilon 130D installed since a few weeks. On the larger mount, a C11 Edge HD and a TSA102 refractor. For imaging, I have used different CCD camera's, but I now use DSLR exclusively. Switched from Canon 6Da to Nikon D810a last spring.

    For lunar/planetary I am using two ASI camera's.

    My portable setup consists of an old Vixen GPDX mount, with new Skywatcher GOTO controller, a C8 Edge HD and a C6.

    Apart from the modern gear, I also have some 'oldies' that I still use regularly for visual observations: a 65mm Unitron equatorial (lens made by Nikon), a C5 orange fork mounted, and a Vixen 80L equatorial (which was a test telescope at Vehrenberg Germany in the 90').

    My recent images can be found on Flickr.

    Best regards

    Dodi
     
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    george, Sep 8, 2015
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    Hey @Dodi,

    Welcome to Astronomy Connect. Not sure if you meant to post a link to your Flickr account or not but it seems to be missing. Kinda wanted to check out your photos :)
     
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    Dodi, Sep 8, 2015
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    george, Sep 8, 2015
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    Oh wow those are nice. I may have to ask you for permission to bum some graphics off ya for use on the site :)
     
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    george, Sep 9, 2015
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    Yea when I eventually get some free time, and the media gallery section up and running, I wanted to ask members if they could submit their work for use in graphics for banners, widgets, avatars, etc... on the site.
     
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    michael h, Sep 9, 2015
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    Hello Dodi
    Welcome to the site. Impressive astro photos. Excellent work.

    Michael h
     
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    clintwhitman, Sep 9, 2015
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    Dominique my old friend, Hello glad to see you here. Guess What, I missed my 130 Tak you purchased so much I have acquired another one! George Dodi takes the coolest photos of the Space station fly bys. Nothing short of incredible.. Anyway Dodi looks like you might have a few photos defining our new site! Awesome.

    Thanks for joining and I hope you enjoy the site.

    Clint (aveman Whitman
     
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    clintwhitman, Sep 9, 2015
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    Dodi would you post a couple photos of you roll off observatory. One day I may get over there to see it in person. Sounds like an excellent observatory.
     
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    Dodi, Sep 9, 2015
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    Hi Clint, the TOA130 eventually got upgraded here by the TOA150, which now is replaced again. Both were superb scopes, but since I developed a back problem, I wanted my second mount to be in the observatory, so I don't have to take it out each time. Unfortunately that meant the TOA150 had to go, too long to combine with a second mount in the observatory. The TOA would still be there in other circumstances. Always welcome to come and visit us ;)
    As for observatory pictures, I'll wait till the observatory is finished. We are currently putting a second wall around it to counter rainwater :)
     

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