spottedhaggis

ok so I picked it up today from an extremely nice man in a beautiful Georgian house, a music composer.  For an extra £100 I also purchased the following items (all in a nice silver case)  So all told £320 for a case of good lenses and a pretty decent scope, that looks barely touched.

Plossl 15mm Fully Multi Coated
Plossl 9MM same
Plossl 20mm Same
Plossl 12mm Same
Revelation AStro 2x Barlow
32mm Camera Project Lens
DSLR Camera adaptor
ND96 25%T Flter
#47 Filter
#11 Filter
#82A filter
#25 Filter

A long red thing that has a tiny hole at one end and I gather is the Collomater

I have a ton of reading to do but the weather at the mo is a bit crap.

A little more about me

A Scotsman living in Maidstone Kent.  I am a a technical solutions architect, which essentially means I am a nerd, work for a manufacturer of transmission equipment (Fibre Optic, Wireless, Ethernet) not cars.  Job ios a global role so I get to travel which is awesome, though not at the moment.  Im 50 years old, have a 24 year old son, 21 year old daughter, cat called Jasper, another cat called Brian and a dog called Pete, wit the nickname of otter alot of the time.  I live in Maidstone, Kent.

it apparently comes with Premium Cheshire collimating eyepiece so I guess Im covered

ok first stupid questions.  Assuming the scope comes with the factory kit.

1. What, if anything is it advisable to add, and why?

My guess is, your gona ask what we want to look at...EVERYTHING 🙂

Limited budget, as always, especially now.

3 hours ago, Tiny Clanger said:

Hello and welcome , I arrived here not long before you , and with a 150mm dob . I found this forum cropped up often when I searched for online help for my own stupid questions, and always provided patient cogent help, so I signed up to say thank you directly and cut out the search engine middle man ! Bet your questions won't be daft , but will get helpful responses.

So, has the 'scope arrived yet ?

Heather

Its too big to ship, so I am driving to collect it tomorrow afternoon.  I am in Maidstone, it is in Chichester, should make for a very pleasant drive.

Just purchased my first telescope ever (I am 50) on ebay.  Looked at new but budget was limited and I figure I can get a better used one for the same money as a not so good new one.  Managed to find Skywatcher Skyliner 200p 8"dobsonian on ebay.

Me and the wife are excited at being able to look some of the planets, were both scifi fans.

I know next to nothing about telescopes, I am an IT/Cyber nerd but telescopes are a different world, so Ill have plenty of stupid questions.