Presenting me

Hello to all!. In Second Life my name is Ananda Ghost, and I am a plane pitot, builder of some devices (aviation, emergency, astronomy, cartography, etc), and I collaborate in the update of the aviation maps in SL (made for Kelly Shergood) and in the SL Aviation Wiki (made for Freezing Sorbet/Andy TGD).

In real world my name is Gustavo, and I live in Spain, Canary Islands, in the Gran Canaria island (being on the 28th parallel and the Tropic of Cancer, the conditions for astronomy are very good, with two very famous astronomical observatories, one on the island of Tenerife, Teide Observatory, at an altitude of 2390 meters, and another on the island of La Palma, Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, at an altitude of 2396 meters).

The mountains of my islands are actually ancient volcanoes, they are not active today, but we do know that in its depths are active areas that can be activated at any time (a few years ago there were underwater eruptions near one of the islands ).

In my island, Gran Canaria, the highest mountain is the Pico de las Nieves (great video made from the viewpoint close to peak, you can see part of the military base and the sea of clouds below this area, and my house is to 24 kilometers in a straight line from this point, to the NE), remains of an ancient volcano, and is at an altitude of 1949 meters; the area is occupied by military communications bases, and there is no official observatory; near the area, the group of amateur astronomers of the Astronomical Association of Gran Canaria (AAGC) has a small observatory located in the mountains, but with a good view of the sky at an altitude of 1850 meters (I can attest the good condition of the place, since I visited the area on a guided tour of these facilities in 2014).

I'm currently using my small telescope on the roof of my house (if you look to the SW could see the mountain on which I spoke earlier), inside the city, at an altitude of 30 meters above sea level, and near coastal zone (too much humidity); the light pollution is quite large, and I can see only stars up to third magnitude.

I can´t see  the Milky Way, and of course none galaxy or nebula. Sometimes the wind moves much the telescope, so will try to build a small room or small observatory. And if things go well, I will try to buy a better telescope and a tracking system to perform well the research, indoor of my house with a webcam adapted to the telescope. MAIN PAGE___________________________________________________________________ NEXT PAGE