jelstone26 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 hello everbody, Recently I've become interested in astronomy so have been visiting this site for around a month now and finally decided to sign up. I started out by buying the third edition of the backyard astronomers guide and after that i purchased a pair of 15x70 celestron skywatcher binoculars. once my stepdad who is also interested in astronomy saw these he decided he wanted them and bought them off me for full price and i upgraded to a pair of 20x80 celestrons. since then i have also bought a planisphere and the book stargazing with binoculars by robin scagell and David frydman. I haven't had any clear nights since i upgraded to the bigger binoculars but hopefully they should be good enough. Anyway this was only supposed to be a quick introduction so I'll stop rambling on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologuitarist61 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Hello and welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Hi and welcome to the forum. As you and your dad are embarking on your astronomy journey together, you both might be interested in the following sites:'The Binocular Sky' which you can view here.TUBA (Touring the Universe through Binoculars Atlas) which you can view hereBinocular Certificate Handbook (Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies) with a good list of objects to see hereBinocular Messier Program (Astronomical League U.S) which list objects suitable for different size of binos which you can view here.Now the above lists are all well and good but you might want to download a free piece of planetarium software called 'Stellarium' which will help you find some of the above objects easily and can also be viewed here.So all in all, plenty of stuff to see when the weather clears!James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelstone26 Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 hello sologuitarist61 and JamesM. Thankyou for that very handy list of websites JamesM i hadn't heard of any of those before you posted them but i have had stellarium for quite a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie c Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hi jelstone26 welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkSteele Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Welcome to the SGL.Clear skies,Matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charon Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Welcome aboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker1947 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Welcome to SGL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul schofield Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hello and welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister brot Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 welcome to the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hi Welcome to SGL Those bins should serve you well. There'll be plenty of things to see and many hours will pass by! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelstone26 Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 Thankyou for the welcomes everybody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazlan Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hello mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Kick Drum Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hi and welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingergeek Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hi there and welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowjet Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hi Jelstone and welcome to SGL John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningMajor Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hi Jelstone and welcome - good approach to starting there - bins are a great way to learn to sky (You got a good deal off your stepdad as well!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToxoLight Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hi Jelstone and welcome to the lounge, bins are just the best way to view the skies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellawolf Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hi and welcome to the SGL forums thats all im using at the mo but not tonight the curse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelstone26 Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hi and welcome to the SGL forums thats all im using at the mo but not tonight the curse It's reasonably clear here tonight so im going out to the garden in a minute to have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd8137 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Hi from me pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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