Nothing beats experience.

[sologuitarist61]

I have had my telescope since April, read Turn left at Orion, the stargazers hand

book etc and spent hours on this forum but I have come to the conclusion that

nothing beats experience.

I made a post in the beginners section on SGL as I was having trouble locating

any of the Messier objects and couldn't find a thing.

A member called Dobby got in touch asked if I would like to meet up with him and his wife as they live local to me and they would help me out.

I met up with them last night along with my son and we had a brilliant evening in their back garden. I saw double stars, galaxies, and nebula all of which was a

first for me and made two new friends along the way.

The help and tips that an experienced person can give you are worth their weight

in gold.

I thought I would make this post to thank the admin and mods who run this forum

as without SGL I would never of found someone to give me some much needed help

and to say that if you are new to astronomy and someone offers you help say yes!

Well said !!