daiwelly

Hi and welcome to SGL stellarium is a good download well worth having also I would recommend "Turn left at Orion" and I would recommend reading this its a extremely good read

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/196278-what-can-i-expect-to-see/

   And I thought I might be able to see Neil Armstrong's footprint on the Moon.     Ah well, one can dream I suppose!  Great article, a must read by all newcomers. 

http://www.space.com/14874-apollo-11-landing-site-moon-photo.html

Enjoy yes it can be seen. FLO are taking inquiries for a Hubble (Humour) http://www.firstlightoptics.com/clearance/hubble-cassegrain-reflector-telescope.html

Enjoy your new hobby by the way Future Learn (OU) have a moons course starting and its free 8 wks period I think you would enjoy it

Hi star-lord welcome to SGL you are correct in your assumption

how does globular clusters look like in 8 inch dobsonian, and which eyepieces to use for DSO.

http://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/?fov[]=41|28|||1||&messier=11

also

http://goo.gl/UocUhB

Have a look at this tool the above is taken from the FOV tool i used  7mm pentax lens this tool simulates what you would see

http://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/

The title says it all what can I expect to see, its a fantastic post and I think the link I posted compliments this topic for a newb it gives a true image of what to expect by eyeballing through a telescope and not looking at one of many thousands of colour images fabulous pictures in there own right, but a newb is just not going to observe (eyeball) them as a colour image. I know members have taken many hours to capture a image and many hours of processing to get fab colour pictures.

Hi here is a link to DSO sketches http://www.deepskywatch.com/deepsky-guide.html

These are all sketches I have printed them off laminated and spiral bound them really handy I have done complete sets

Welcome to the South Wales group of SGL

Hi will this app be available as a Android app through google play why I ask not everyone have apple I phones etc

Staying in cheddar in a campsite and just seen saturn for the first time ...... Just beautiful !

My introduction into astronomy a friend let me look through his telescope at Saturn it was a big Wow it made my hair standup I was hooked

This the moon just as it cleared the horizon same evening (harvest moon)

Same setup just a few minutes before the picture in previous post and it was close to the horizon

This is a moon shot taken through the Dob using a Nikon s3500  held up to the eyepiece taken on 10/9/2014 21:16

Welcome Scott

Hi Gethyn19

Plenty of advice and people willing to give a hand here, there is a meet this weekend dont know if i will make it because i dont know how busy we are this weekend yet but will be going to the star party or should i say put in a appearance.

I ordered a Skyliner 200P 12.30pm Wed and was delivered by 9am Thursday a big thank you to Martin and the rest of the crew excellent communication and service from FLO

Congratulations a must have tool set for a newb

I have found these two guides invaluable for me congrats on brilliant posts

Great app congratulations FLO

Hi I am from Fochriw, top end of the Darren valley, but spen most of the summer in Brecon where I help run a caravan and camping site I would like to join your group, I am a newb just started my journey amongst the stars,

I have just purchased my first scope it is a skywatcher 130P AZ goto

I have found this thread extremely usefull and informative I would like to add this scope caculator tool very usefull its ms excel 2007.

ScopeCalculator.xlsx