Lincoln

I would just like to thank the good folks here for their sound advice and encouragement, I've been hanging around for several months, just trying to learn from all those years of collective experiences

I have now purchased my Dobsonian 150 p - so easy to set up and get going.

Had my first night observing on Friday - Waxing Crescent moon completely filled by EP at the standard 25mm - gave it a closer look with the 10mm - really impressive.

I then headed off for a nice easy target - thanks to Stellarium and Turn left at Orion - The Orion Nebula, even managed to see the Trapezium with the 10mm eyepiece - then had a closer look with a 6mm that I had purchased as an extra.

I didn't want to overdo it all on the first night so I just kept to the two targets - but had 4 hours totally cloud free observing - awesome