Blueberry Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi, I am new to SGL.I am a bit of a technophile ... but do not yet have any telescope/astro equipment. This time I am taking my time, so using the lounge to sleuth out stuff. I live on the coast (Skeg) and get pretty dark skies as far as I can tell. I am a bit of a IT guru, so can get most things to work.Hope to find someone nearby to share experiences with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zul Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi and welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Imp Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Welcome to the lounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOBBY Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi Blue...& welcome to the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazel Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi Blueberry, welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapallokid Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi and welcome from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 HI and welcome to the forum. Free planetarium software called Stellarium will be a good start and can be downloaded here. Plenty of toys to keep you busy should the clouds come in and a great educational tool to help you find and identify objects in the night sky. There are other free programs out there such as EQMOD which will help you link certain mounts with the stellarium but also can help control the scope when for example imaging e.g mosiacs of the moon. Plenty of free astro stuff that has been tried and tested and for those like you that are I.T literate, keep you interested. There's plenty of different points of interest within astronomy so you won't be disappointed by joining in.Clear skiesJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi and welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hello and welcome to SGL. I'm a bit further up the coast from you, Blueberry, just North of Mablethorpe. Are you going to Paul Money's event at Gibralter Point ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi, welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsheffield Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi, Welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_the_Hunter Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi & welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker1947 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Welcome to the SGL, Forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizibilder Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hello Blueberry and welcome to SGL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd8137 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 hi and welcome to sgl and the universe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn4me Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Welcome to SGL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowjet Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Hi Blueberry and welcome to SGL John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charon Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Hi Blueberry and welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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