very wet behind the ears.

[Pete Presland]

hi welcome to sgl from bedfordshire

[glowjet]

Hi Bibbsy and welcome to SGL

John.

[swamp thing]

Hello and welcome aboard

[bibbsy]

thank you very much brantuk,steve,mr spock and james for the tips and advice,i guess its the same as anything else thats new to us,in time it will all start to come together and make sense .....i hope

[bibbsy]

hi swamp thing,glowjet and bunnygod1,thank you for the welcome

[phillc]

Hello Bibbsy and a warm welcome to SGL.

phillc

[Quark]

Hello Bibbsy, welcome to the Lounge

[bibbsy]

hi phillc & quark,thank you very much for the warm welcome

[Charon]

Hi bibsy, welcome to the forum from a gloomy overcast Crete.

[bibbsy]

hi nereid3,thanks for the welcome and heres wishing you much better weather and skies

[Astro Imp]

Hi Bibbsy,

Welcome to SGL.

[bibbsy]

hi alan,thank you very much

[assasincz]

Hi and welcome,

My advice would be - take it nice and slow. Learn the sky first. Get some binos or a basic refractor on a alt-az mount. Getting an 8 ich with GOTO EQ mount before getting acquainted with the sky, constellations and equipment in the first place might actually scare you off. I heard of a man who purchased the equivalent of 2000£ in equipment as a newbie, expecting to see stuff exactly like on book covers and got so frustrated about not being able to find and see anything, he sold all his kit after two weeks and never touched stargazing again. I think that is a pity, it is a wonderful hobby, infusing a man with a whole new outlook on life. Stargazing requires a lot of learning and patience, it is not something you can just dive into and expect pro resuts right away.

Anyway, I believe that after mastering it, stargazing will be there with you for life!

[todd8137]

hi and welcome from me

[appalachik]

Welcome from me too

[Multi-Coated]

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

[bibbsy]

thanks guys for the welcome

[bibbsy]

hi assasincz,thanks for the tip but already have the 200p dob and im awaiting delivery of the HEQ5 synscan goto mount,hope this will make the hobby a little easier for me

[damnut]

Hi Bibbsy,

welcome to SGL, good choice of scope, hope you saved a few pounds for a decent eyepiece or two :-).

Cheers

[bibbsy]

hi damian, only the couple of lenses that came with the scope,and have just bought

the gso 15mm super plossl and a gso x2 barlow lens,are there any others i should be thinking about adding to my kit,thanks for any advice

[faulksy]

hi and welcome from me. a good book is turn left at orion you can find your way around then

[bibbsy]

thank you faulksy,i shall look into that one

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Bibbsy!

Dana

[bibbsy]

thank you for the welcome dana

[ScubaMike]

Hi Bibbsy,

Welcome to the forum