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[astrostu]

Hey all, i joind the forum a wee while ago now an thought it was about time i said hello! I have an 8" skywatcher skyliner dob(and its AWWsome!) with standard ep,s and finder at the min but will be upgrading soon. looking to get a red dot finder telrad or something like.

I also wanna get a digital angle finder for my set up to make things less difficult when im observing, as i am just starting out and dont really know my way arround the sky yet.

I want to find out if there is an astronomy club or org in my area so i can meet like minded people and also learn some things. i live in central scotland in the stirlingshire area anyone know of anything...?

well thts it i guess cheers ~ stu ~

[Astro Imp]

Hi Mate, Welcome to SGL.

As far as local Astro societies go have a look at Societies in Scotland.

HTH

[Rusty Strings]

Hi and welcome

[brantuk]

Hi Stu and welcome to SGL

A Wixey is a great idea for dobs - just set the angle and scan in az for your object - and only around £30. We have a lot of members north of Gretna lol - so someone will have the info you ask for about astro socs. Meantime try this link:

Stirling Astronomical Society

Enjoy the forum

[Mr Spock]

Hi Stu, welcome to SGL

[Bizibilder]

Hello Stu and welcome to SGL!!

[spaceboy]

Welcome to the lounge and I must say nice piece of kit the 8" dob. Look forward to hearing some of your stargazing reports.

SPACEBOY

[Multi-Coated]

Hi & Welcome..........

[appalachik]

Hi Stu

[JamesM]

Hi Syu and welcome to the forum.

Go for the Telrad, you won't regret it. Later get hold of a right angle finder and together you have the ultimate finder combo - if you cant find anything with these two it probably doesn't exist!

Clear skies

James

[Doug]

Hi Stu

A very warm welcome to the SGL bet you get some nice clear skies up there

Doug

Essex

[ScubaMike]

Hi Stu,

welcome to the forum

[glowjet]

Hi Stu and welcome to SGL

John.

[pessoa]

Hi and welcome.

Best advice I was given in the forum was to buy a Telrad.

[Charon]

Welcome onboard Stu:icon_salut:

[nobbytate]

Hi and welcome from me too

[Rustysplit]

Welcome to SGL

[astrostu]

hey thank you all for the welcome thanx for the advice gonna order my angle finder tonight. and it looks to be clear skys this evening woo hoo ! so i might get a chance to use the t mount and get some images with the nikon! fingers crossed again thanx for the welcome and the advice, hopefully be posting images soon cheers ~ stu ~

[MorningMajor]

Hi Stu and welcome - another vote for a Telrad from me!

[Pete Presland]

hi welcome to sgl from bedfordshire

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Stu!

Dana

[david o]

Hi there Stu, welcome to SGL