Bobby1970 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 HelloI have been a fan of all things astronomy related but never had a scope. My Son recently got a small national geographic scope for xmas off his grandparents. Even though i know its a pretty useless scope i really enjoyed looking at the moon and saw jupiter and some of its moons through it. The whole family enjoyed stargazing from our backgarden. lol. Anyway myself and the wife have decided to get a proper scope and have just ordered a Skywatcher StarTravel 102 Synscan GOTO thingy. We wanted something that was not too big as we have limited space to store it and we also wanted something fairly portable. We are really looking forward to getting it and starting to explore the night sky some more.Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd8137 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 hi and welcome did you do any research before you got the scope ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazel Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hi Bobby, welcome to the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby1970 Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yes, i did some. From what i have read it sounds like a decent starter scope. As mentioned i do not want anything too big. I did also want the goto thing as the kids will get bored if it takes us too long to find anything. My budget was initially a couple of hundred but went up to £270 for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hi Bobby, welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsheffield Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hi, Bobby Welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duns Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hi and welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker1947 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Welcome to the SGL, Forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charon Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hi Bobby and welcome to SGL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twotter Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hello Bobby, welcome to SGL Choosing your first telescope is a task in itself! I'm sure you and your family will have some great times observing through your new telescope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOBBY Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hi Bobby... & welcome to the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigander Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Welcome to SGL, Bobby!Daan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizibilder Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hello Bobby and welcome to SGL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zul Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hello and Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn4me Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hi and welcome to SGL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Imp Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hi Bobby,Welcome to the lounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Hi and welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Hi Bobby and welcome to the forumClear skiesJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KR155 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Welcome to sgli started stargazing with a good pair of binoculars and a star maponly recently got a telescope. the night sky is fascinating im sure you wont get bored.once again welcome to sgl clear skies.chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowjet Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Hi Bobby and welcome to SGL John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_the_Hunter Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Hi & welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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