Our New Spacecraft!

AstroTAB

Hi everyone - I have been absorbing content from this forum for a while now, but since receiving our Tab 400, I thought it was time to make a proper introduction. 

We are Ashley and Trevor from Ontario Canada. We officially joined the nuCamp family in August of this year after placing our order for our Tab 400 in January. We squeezed in a few trips to a few local Provincial Parks before the cold weather hit and it's safe to say, we are so in love with our first ever travel trailer! 



We named our Tab Voyager 1 after the spacecraft that was launched in 1977. As astrophotographers, our camping adventures include choosing dark-sky locations (away from city light pollution) to take photos of nebulae/galaxies. Our camper will give us the opportunity to travel longer distances and experience darker skies. 


This forum has been a great resource as we navigate our way through the new travel trailer owner experience, so thank you to all the contributors! And if you have any recommendations for remote camping locations in the US or Canada, we'd love to hear them in the comments Safe travels and clear skies. 

pthomas745

Welcome.  Pictures of nebulae or they don't exist! 

fstop32

@AstroTAB, Welcome to the T@b nebulae!  We do love that night sky too!

AstroTAB

@pthomas745 - this is the North America Nebula take from our campsite during our maiden voyage with our Tab! 

Denny16

 A great photo @AstroTAB, and welcome aboard the TaB family and Forum.
cheers

dragonsdofly

@AstroTAB, welcome and congratulations on your trailer. Most extraordinary photo......

Thank you.

ChanW

That's beautiful!

Thanks for that, @AstroTAB !

DMattern

This is a long ways from Ontario, but if you get to the Pacific Northwest the tip of the Olympic Peninsula is spectacular and dark. There are campgrounds in the Olympic National Park (Mora) and on the Quileute reservation at La Push.  

Da_Birds

Love the name! I wanted to name our T@B "Camp Dragon-1" but the wife vetoed it.

YanniLazarus

A nebula picture taken  through your 400 skylight with a bit of the skylight frame in sight could become the most sought- after T@B picture ever! 

AstroTAB

Thanks @DMattern! If we are ever out that way with our tab, we will be sure to check it out. 

AstroTAB

@YanniLazarus - totally. So many options with that amazing star gazer window!

Michigan_Mike

Welcome to the forum!!!!   Interesting interstellar conversation too and brought a smile to my face recalling a memory from a few years back.  I was driving home in late summer, pulled into a gas station off the interstate and had a young man stop in awe as he looked over our T@B 400 with a confused and dazed look on his face.  He remarked, “Wow!!!  That thing is really cool! What is it a time machine???”   🤣😂🤣

Denny16

Yes, it is a TARDIS… 
cheers

Maple_Geek

Welcome and congrats!
If you're from Ontario, I heard that Bon Echo PP offered one of the darkest skies in Ontario but you may already know this and other good spots I suspect.
Safe travels!

ontheroad

Welcome @AstroTAB...fellow Ontarian also..love your pic

NateColo

Very nice! Is that the Sky-Watcher 2i mount?

I do visual only, 16" homemade Dob or 102 apo.

Cheers

AstroTAB

@NateColo Yes, it was taken using the Star Adventurer 2i and the TPO180. Nice and portable.