I've been silently reading DeepskyForum, and now it's time to become more active on it.
I'm living in the south of the Netherlands, in a rather light poluted area, observing deepsky starting in 2008 (after being active as well in my youth). My most used deepsky-telescope is a 13" dob (ATM-product) on EQ platform - I use it for observation sessions in the Ardennes (a relative dark forrest area in Belgium - SQM 21.4-21.6) and in northern France (SQM up to 21.7-21.8), as well as trips to very dark La Palma. Recently, I've (almost) finished my 30" F2.96 dobson (with Lockwood optics), and this telescope will be used more and more during comming months. Taking it with my car to darker area's is quit a task, but feasible; I plan to take it on a tour to La Palma during Autumn 2023.
Main interests are dwarf galaxies of the Local Group (that's the main reason for building the 30"), as well as large-scale dark nebula and background structures in the MilkyWay, amongst other types of objects.
Looking forward to participate on this forum!
KR, Frank
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