nikkita

Gotta luv a Haynes manual. 

Dad was a mechanic so I grew up reading them!! Just ordered these 2 for pick up at local store. 

Thanks for putting up the post. 

nikki 😊

23 minutes ago, geoflewis said:

I'm not familiar with that scope, but I'm guessing that the 800 is its focal length and the 80 is diameter of the objective (or mirror) 

Yes it's an 800 focal length reflector.  And sadly after today's spending the 20mm will have to keep me going for a while anyway. Have a rather limited budget when it comes to hobbies.

11 minutes ago, geoflewis said:

Hi Nikki and welcome to SGL,

Well done viewing Jupiter with your new scope and yes, you will have seen Europa close to Jupiter. 

Thank you, I wouldn't have known which moon was which, and to be perfectly honest I wasn't really expecting to see much at all but knew it was Jupiter. 

Have already hit ebay earlier for a used 20mm plossl and a 2x "deluxe" barlow. Would something about 12.5mm be a good choice for the next one I get? 

I think I'm hooked already

Hi everyone, 

Total newbie here. Only picked up first scope yesterday (pretty basic Jessops ta800x80 for a whole £8). Watching Jutiper is a definite wow. 

Eyepieces I have look about as cheap as you can get but 20mm with 3x barlow is making out one band and 3 moons. Maybe 4 if one's right next to planet right now. 

Anyway, was excited and just wanted to join in really.

Nikki 😊

If I rush out to buy something sadly the budget will only be about £10!!

Have to wait a little longer for something more than that.  

9 minutes ago, Ships and Stars said:

Hi Nikki, welcome. I'm fairly new here myself and everyone has been very helpful. I used to do a lot of photography, both film and digital. Medium format Velvia 120 with a Fujifilm GSW690 was my fav

Thanks, until recently I would have said Velvia was my favourite film stock (profile pic is expired 35mm velvia 100f in c-41) but have been experimenting with kodak vision3 500t a bit lately. Never made it up yo medium format yet but will certainly want a reasonable scope I can fit a camera onto.

But anything "bargain basement" will do for starters. 

7 minutes ago, Nigella Bryant said:

Hi again, just spotted you're in Bristol, there is a Bristol Astronomical Society if you're interested, just Google it to get their meeting time and dates. Every Friday but I think they're less often during the summer months. 

Thank you, that is very handy to know. I will google that.

Thanks everyone.

Will mostly be lounging and reading for now (and browsing ebay and gumtree lol), but will join in more when I have something to share. Or just plain desperate for help!! 😂 

Looks a great site 😊

Hi I'm nikki.

Just joined after having a read of some of the threads on here last few days. Don't have a telescope yet but know I definitely want one.

Probably known that for over 40 years though and just never got round to it. Ooops!!! Anyway, love photography (especially 35mm film) and looking up at the sky.