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Hello, from Shropshire


duncanjameshill

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Hi, I have my first pair of binoculars arriving tomorrow. I am an absolute beginner and did some basic research, but there's so much info available it's hard to pick out what's important. I ended up choosing Helios Quantum 4's 20x80. I'm hoping these are decent low-end binos. I also have a tripod coming so I don't put my back out! 

I'm going camping in the Shropshire Hills this weekend and wonder if anyone can let me know what I can expect to see in the sky from that area?

Also, can any tell me the best place for me to learn about what stars / planets I can see and when?

Thanks in advance!

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Hi and welcome to SGL - You may like to download a free planetarium programme - Stallarium - which will give you a good idea of what you should see. There's a great bino section here on the forum too.

Look forward to seeing you around :smiley

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Hi Duncan, Welcome to the Lounge ;)

Well the Shropshire boys are taking over :)

This Forum is a great place to be, especially when starting out, there are lots of questions,that will enter your head through the coming months, and this forum, is full of very Nice and extremely knowledgeable people.

As far as what to see on your trip, as well as the previous ideas, there is also one thing I use a lot that's nice and easy to get hold of from here

http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html

It's a FREE download which you can then print off, and gives you things you will see each month, using naked eye, binoculars, or Telescope. Certainly worth a look ;)

The main thing is ... Have FUN :)

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Hi Duncan and welcome to the forum. Some good suggestions above regarding Binocular Sky and Stellarium. Iin addition to these you might want to consider getting a book called Turn Left at Orion which although primarily is designed for modest sized scopes, does in it's list of targets (some 100 of them!) indicate suitability for viewing with binoculars. Although not the cheapest astronomy book out there, it is good value for money and will certainly be of more use should decide to take astronomy a bit further by purchasing a small scope. If you want to check out the layout of this book then you can take a look here. The binocular symbol indicating whether the target can be viewed usng 'binos' can be seen on the left hand side of the top map of each new target.

Clear skies and hope you enjoy the forum

James

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Hi Duncan and welcome like you I am using Bins at the moment on a tripod. I've just bought Turn right at Orion and thoroughly recommend. It massive amount of info and loads for you to see with the bins. I have also found the app Skywalk for my mobile which is really wash to use and again a mass of information on it ,there is a small cost to download it though. Enjoy your observing

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