Leigh J K

I use star walk which seems to do the job for me . which of the sky safaris would you recommend ?! there is one for £39 😳

Thank you so I’m 5 on the scale but don’t have to travel far to get down to a 4

Guys this is amazing knowledge and help thank you so much I was doing exactly as scouse space cadet was suggesting last night and laying on the ground looking straight up . I again searched for m81/82 as they are pretty much directly above me in the sky right now but again not much luck being in lockdown means I can’t travel to darker skies just yet but will do as soon as the opportunity arises I have starwalk which has really helped me and can do basic navigation pretty well from what I’ve learnt from this - Orion has been a great starting point for me Venus travelling across the seven sisters was an amazing sight recently . I’m not sure where I am in terms of the bortle scale -!how do I know this ??I’m in Lincolnshire in England but we have plenty of open rural spaces around these parts

Thanks so much for this guys really appreciate your time

Hey guys so glad to finally be a part of this forum I’m completely new to searching the skies for new things and in particular the galaxies I recently purchased some Helios fieldmaster 10x50 which I were told were a pretty decent value for money first set of bins . its incredible the amount of stars they bring into view but I think I may be being optimistic of ever seeing any of the galaxies (In particular m81/82 )I see you guys talk about , with this set . i have a scope but am struggling to see much even with that and the light pollution we have round my location . I’ll be honest setting it up has proved difficult with barely any online content worth its weight . Do you think Taking these binoculars out to a darker area would be a start and if not could you recommend my next step in the Binocular purchase . I’ve heard that any better magnification would hinder me being able to keep them still so a tripod may be the way to go but in that case wouldn’t a better scope be the way forward if I’m substituting the ease of use factor I’m familiar with the area of sky I need to be looking at for m81/m82 but so far I can’t see how these bins would ever pick them out amongst the many stars in the fov although I’ve heard I should be able to see them with bins - bit confused . any help much appreciated