I dove into astronomy about 35 years ago with a Meade 10" LX-6 and a film camera, but shortly afterwards life tugged me elsewhere for quite a while. Nonetheless I really liked the 15' image I made of the Orion nebula (of course…). Back then CCDs were thousands of dollars (a big deal that many years ago!) and relatively unknown to the amateur. Several years ago I spotted an image in a magazine which I thought was certainly another of those from Hubble, only to find that some amateur had taken it. Since my job/income had changed substantially over that time and I had an understanding wife, I got back into things. It's one of my primary activities now in these latter years.
Totally portable at this time (don't see that changing anytime soon) and have several good dark sites within about 4 hours of our lovely Bortle 13 skies (haha) in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
Like many others, I am hesitant to show anything I have done outside the normal circle of sympathetic friends and family, but have decided to join AstroBin for the information and feedback I might get.
Cheers!
Kenward
