Hello all!

[Bren99]

Hi there,

Just a quick shout out to everyone on here. After some internet lurking your forum seemed busiest and most interesting, so I thought i'd give it a go!

Novice-level astronomer in the North West hoping to learn more, thinking of buying a decent set of binoculars to start off with and see where I go from there!

Cheers, Bren

[LukeSuppalot]

Hi Bren and welcome to SGL.

I've used binos for years to view the sky. So quick and easy to use and a nice wide field of view. You can see things with binos that you can only see parts of with a scope like Kembles Cascade (NGC 1502 at one end) for example. I'd also recommend you download a free program called Stellarium. It will help you work out what you're looking at.

Clear skies.

Luke.

[richbyers]

hey man....where are you in NW? (general- im not asking for you post code )

[gingergeek]

Hi there and welcome to SGL

[Gullsrock]

Hi and welcome Bren - I fairly new myself and everyone seems really helpful in here. I have been given some good sound pointers and advice by fellow members. Hope you enjoy your new hobby

[Rusty Strings]

Hi and welcome

[Matthew]

Hi Bren welcome to SGL

[ToxoLight]

Hi Bren, welcome to the lounge and for the bins.

[Bizibilder]

Hello Bren and welcome to SGL!!

[Tinker1947]

Welcome to the SGL, Forums Bren

[Mr Spock]

Hi Bren, welcome to SGL

[telesto]

Hi Bren, welcome to sgl and the forums

[keithatrochdale]

Hi and welcome.

Do pop over and see us one Saturday night, you can try some different scopes and talk about what you may get.

[tone71]

Hello and welcome

[glowjet]

Hi Bren and welcome to SGL

John.

[Catweazel]

Hi Bren and welcome to the forum

[Charon]

Welcome to the forum Bren.

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Bren!

Dana

[ScubaMike]

Hi Bren,

Welcome to the forums

[Duns]

Hi and welcome to SGL

[mcsheffield]

Hi Bren, Welcome to SGL

[Double Kick Drum]

Hi and welcome!

Binos are great to start with; no set up time, able to sweep through star fields - take it all in, smaller cost commitment, good way to learn constellations.

Happy hunting!

[todd8137]

hi and welcome from me ,welcome aboard

[JamesM]

Hi Bren and welcome to the forum. Good idea to start with some binos - there's no rush as the stars aren't going anywhere. You might want to look at this website for some useful information,

Clear skies

James

[Zul]

Hello and Welcome!