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I am a french amateur astronomer who lives in Seoul.
I started astronomy in high school with a Newton 115/900. Did some pictures of the Moon and eclipses with an old film camera.
Later, when I was student, I was a member of the "Societe Astronomique de Montpellier" with access to the Pises observatory (south of France).
Often on the move, I focused on small instruments and start planetary imaging with an ETX 90EC and modified webcams, with some success.
My philosophy is KISSC: keep it small, smart and cheap.
I missed the total solar eclipse in France in 1999 because of weather, but got my revenge 2 years later by watching the 2001 eclipse in Zambia.
Then I went to Korea, and because the weather is not very good in summer, and light pollution is really bad, I did not use my ETX very often.
I was still watching the eclipses, and saw the transit of Venus in 2012, but it was pretty much all, so I spent more time traveling.
Last year, because of COVID-19, I could not move so I bought a bigger MCT (127/1500, still fit in a carry-on luggage) with an ASI120MC-S and started again planetary imaging. I have pictures in several places (including a 20 years old website still online) that I need to tidy up, but if you are curious, I have a short video of Jupiter on Youtube, taken with the ETX90 and a Vesta Pro webcam in 2001:
Ganymed passing over Jupiter
By joining the club, I hope to meet other astronomers to share experience and maybe work on projects.
I expect some help finding dark skies or fighting light pollution, so I could try DSO imaging.
I can help beginners in general, and amateurs in some specific fields.
But first, I need to understand how the club is working and make some friends :-)
Best regards,
Welcome. Can you use mobile app 'BAND'? If you can, pls enter our mobile chatting BAND (I sent the band link to your email)
By this BAND, we share a lot of chat and observing schedules, etc.