judging by your use of the pencil nebula, im assuming your southern hemisphere? I've nailed most DSO's in the northern skies, but im too far north
for some of the southern hemisphere stuff. Are you just an astronomy fan, or are you studying for a degree, or already have one?
Okay, well I have an Orion skyquest intelliscope XT10 telescope, and a Schmidt-Cassegrain I use for astrophotography. So I guess you could call me an
Amateur studying to become a professional.
Then you will surely fit in over in the Space Exploration forum.
We have some people there that are regulars in the field. Look into some of the past threads and you'll find a lot that ought fit you well. There are
also some good photoastronomy folks in the bunch.
As I recall, there was a thread just on who had what equipment, started about a month ago or a bit more.
Have a look around, I'm sure you'll find many kindred souls.
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