Matthew77 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hello Everyone thank you all for such a great informative forum.After browsing this forum for weeks as a guest learning about the different types of scopes and reading lots of reviews about beginner scopes I decided I was getting a little bit obsessed with reading up on pros and cons of a few scopes and decided my time might be better spent actually looking through a scope rather than looking at them! So I went and bought a celestron 130 EQ-MD scope which was half the price of what I was going to spend on a skywatcher skyliner 200 dob. I expected the quality of the scope to be cheap and the tripod to be flimsy, but for £150 I'm impressed by what you get. I managed to set up the scope last night and get out in the van into the dark and I must say I was very impressed by what I managed to see through it, Jupiter although small was really bright and stunning to see with your own eyes as was a few of the brighter stars also Sirius (I think) it was glowing red and blue white. I'm going to order a 2x Barlow lens today and maybe another higher magnification lens for looking at planets or maybe DSO if thats possible with this scope!Hoping for clearskys again this evening.CheersMatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookie1965 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 A very warm welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazel Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi Matt, Welcome to the forums. The 130 is a great little scope isn't it. You should see plenty of things with it, including many of the brighter DSOs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawksmoor Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Welcome to SGL from East Anglia. Hope you get lots of clear nights for trying out your new scope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astronomit Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi Matt and welcome to SGL!Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningMajor Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi Matt and welcome aboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigander Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Welcome to SGL, Matthew!Dana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Welcome to SGLJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberbaz Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 hello and welcome to SGLbaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charon Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi Matt and welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astromerlin Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hello, Welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigdisVZ Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi and welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul schofield Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hello and welcome to SGL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologuitarist61 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hello Matt and welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Green Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi Matt welcome to the SGL Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd8137 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi and welcome from me pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Imp Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi Matthew, welcome to SGL.You will see loads with your scope, enjoy yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowjet Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi Matt and welcome to SGL John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi Matt, welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welrod50 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi Matt,nice intro. Welcome aboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2012 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Welcome mate! Enjoy your scope and enjoy the weeks of cloud coverage you've bought with your scope! HahaTom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizibilder Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hello Matt and welcome to SGL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartjones Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Welcome to this fantastic place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn4me Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi Matt and welcome to SGL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToxoLight Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi Matt and welcome along to the lounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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