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Cool, hope it works out for you.

I actually like the idea of 20x60s and for a while I've been thinking of getting the Pentax PCF 20x60s. The impression I get from reviews is that they are much more easily hand held than 70mm objective binoculars. Anyway I actually found a decently priced pair of 20 x 80s which I've ordered so definitely need a tripod now.

So I thought the US and Obama had ambitions to land someone on an asteroid by the end of the decade. Surely far more impressive than another trip to the moon? Ceres or Vesta perhaps?

There's also the James Web space telescope which is pretty exciting too, given what Hubble has given us.

However the downfall of global economy could put paid to many of these projects over the coming decade/s.

.. and the posts will soon accumulate.

A couple here and there soon mount up.

Ron.

great quote from someone with 20,000 + posts

(well there's another one from me)

Just a joined a few days ago but kept finding my way here repeatedly via google for months.

I'm mainly browsing at the moment but - its a forum that has been up for years - there is just so much stuff to get through. I'm a bit reluctant to ask the most basic questions that I have because I'm sure if I just do a bit of searching I'll find what I need to know anyway and I'm sure regulars must get a bit bored answering the same questions repeatedly. Of course it's good to keep some banter going otherwise the forum dies though there doesn't seem much danger of that happening here.

Having the internet to find out about stuff about atronomy for a complete novice like myself has been real boon and SGL is definitely a prime resource.

I think I first found out about Stellarium and bought by binoculars after reading a thorough review/recommendation on here.

I suppose one thing that could make find the exact info you're after is with tagging posts eg. first telescope, dobs, brand names etc. But unless there's some plugin for the forum software that's might be hard to do - perhaps unnecessary - I'm still learning my way around after all.