Sirius Bizness Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi all Been using the site for a few months now when I decided to get myself a scope. I am completely new to astronomy but seeing all the images on here made me really want to get into astrophotography so I bought my first set-up to suit. I will only be using it visually to begin with to learn the sky. Once I work out how to align my mount, etc I might have a go at connecting up my DSLR.I bought a used Orion ED80 and HEQ5 Pro seccond hand to stretch my limited budget. After reading good reviews on this site I then bought a new Revelation 2" quartz diagonal, 8mm & 25mm BST Explorer eyepieces and Revelation 2" 2x barlow to make the most of the ED80. So far I haven't been disappointed.Last night was my first ever viewing session. I used Stellarium beforehand to get an understanding of what I might be able to see. I didn't align anything...just put everything together and started wizzing round using the SynScan controller.Jupiter was awesome. I could see 4 moons and 2 red bands. Had a look at Venus but it just looked like a bright star. Finally managed to get the Orion nebula in view and could see some nebulosity and resolve 4 stars in the middle. I could see the Pleiades by eye but with it being so high and my straight through finder I couldn't contort my body around to line it up. I think I need to get a right angled finder.I also saw two bright opjects pass quickly through the field of view whilst trying to find the Pleiades...am I right in thinking that they were satellites?I am looking forward to learning from everyone on here.Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunhaval Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi Martin, and welcome to the lounge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingergeek Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi there and welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Kick Drum Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi Martin, welcome to SGL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizibilder Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hello Martin and welcome to SGL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi Martin and welcome to the forumClear skiesJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker1947 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Welcome to the SGL, Forums Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToxoLight Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi Martin and welcome to the lounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telesto Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi Martin welcome to sgl, i also saw the two satellites pass through my FOV one whilst viewing Pleiades and one near Jupiterclive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazel Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi Martin, sounds like you had a good night; probably just as well looking at this weeks weather forecast What you saw would have been satellites, they whizz by quite often! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi Martin and welcome from up the A6 a bit at Belper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duns Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi and welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi Martin, welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul schofield Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Hello Martin and welcome to the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeSuppalot Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Hi Martin and welcome to SGL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donwendy Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Hi and welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian123 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Hello and welcome Martin, nice first setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowjet Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Hi Martin and welcome to SGL John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirius Bizness Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Thanks for the warm welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstfloorfront Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Hello and welcomePeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd8137 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Hello and welcome to the forum martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YabiYabi Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Hello from a fellow Derby resident. How's the light pollution where you are?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charon Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Welcome to the forum Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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