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    Hello Deep Sky Forum

    Hello,

    I found this intriguing forum by chance. I am a visual observer from Italy. My observing sites are in the eastern Alps, near the Austrian Border. The typical sky is 21.4/21.8 (october/april), Bortle 3 or sometimes better like this: http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5733/dpp0002x.jpg

    My scope is a 24" F/5 dobsonian (by Romano Zen, an opticial very close to me ;-). You may see the uppar cage in the picture ;-).

    We observe every possible weekend with good weather and no moon. In winter often at -10°-20°C. The eypieces are 35 mm Scopos (100x w/paracorr), 21 Ethos, 13 Ethos, 9 ES 100°, ES 6.7 82° plus barlow (sometimes for planets).

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    Wow, Looks nice...and cold. Welcome to Deep Sky!

    Michael Sowell,
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    Welcome to DeepSkyForum!! I hope DSF meets and exceeds all of your expectations!

    Great picture by the way....to echo Mike, it DOES look cold!
    Clear Dark Skies,
    Dragan Nikin
    25" f/5 Obsession #610 "Toto"
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    Hello Mauro, welcome!
    The Darker the Better!
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    Televue Naglers and Ethos

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    Thank you all. One of my observing site was APOD-ed a few days ago: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120906.html
    Just to give an idea of the sites in Italian-Austrian border. The light on the left corner is in south direction where a densely populeated area stands at 100-150 km and a 3 km tall mountain range! Yet light pollution finds it way.

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