From an early age I have been very interested in everything that has to do with the universe.

My lectures were often about this at primary school.

Unfortunately, I didn't have anyone around me who shared the same passion for this.

I had a cheap telescope at home that was never really used properly. This is because I didn't know how this worked.

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Now years later, 30+ years, I decided to buy a telescope again.

By visiting forums and looking up information I found out what I wanted to buy.
This was the Orion XT8G goto Dobsonian telescope.

After many tries, I managed to adjust the GoTo reasonably well.

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That evening I saw Saturn for the first time.
I was completely sold. I immediately showed Saturn to my girlfriend, now my wife. She was also completely enthusiastic and couldn't believe what she saw.

I then bought a Zwo asi 130 mm via Marketplace.
With this camera I was able to take the first photos/vids. The result is shown down here.

Then I got really excited. I spent many evenings outside.
 

After a few years I decided that I wanted to observe as well as photograph.

Now I have a nice mount, telescope and camera.

Now we still have to learn how to deal with all this.

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On the homepage you can see my first photo with this new setup. Messier 101.

Still very proud that I was able to achieve this.

More photos will follow. You will find these under My pictures.