Good evening fellow cosmic travelers.

[heathenwoods]

Hi Marin, Welcome!

As JamesM has already said, the stickies and tutorials are a really big help.

[Tiberius]

Hi Marin, welcome to the SGL forum.

[Matthew]

Hi welcome to SGL.

[saturn4me]

Hi and welcome to SGL!

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Marin!

Dana

[Yimini]

Welcome

[Andy_E]

Welcome to SGL. let us know how you get on with your new scope when the big day arrives!

[L8-Nite]

Hi Marin,

Welcome. When I decided to return to astronomy as a hobby several years ago, I had a slightly different approach to choosing equipment. In addittion to recommendations by others, I researched the forums on different sites for a time, noted what gear seemed to have constant issues, and also the scopes and equipment which have "stood the test of time". This I felt was a better approach, as many of todays wonder gizmo's can be a dissapointment tomorrow.

Take your time to find the right scope, and save yourself the hassel of upgrading and trying to sell undesirable equipment.

This is a great hobby, with gear thats right.

Just my two cents worth.

Cheers

[sologuitarist61]

Hi Marin and welcome to the Lounge

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Welcome to SGL, Marin! I bet you have better skies on average than us up north!

[gingergeek]

Hi there and welcome to SGL

[jflowers]

Hi and Welcome to the forum