Hi from South West Wales (Cymru) UK

[M L W]

Hi all, my names Mario aka Maz from South West Wales UK. Im just starting of in astronomy and currently looking at purchasing my first scope.

[M L W]

Hi all, my names Mario aka Maz from South West Wales UK. Im just starting of in astronomy and currently looking at purchasing my first scope.

I have being researching the many many scopes and various options and I am leaning towards: Celestron NexStar 130 SLT or Skywatcher Explorer 130P SupaTrak AUTO or maybeSkywatcher Explorer 150P EQ3-2 / EQ-3 . I would appreciate your thoughts on these or your suggestions on others.

Cheers,

Maz

[wookie1965]

A warm welcome to SGL Ive got the Skywatcher 150p and im really happy with it.

[damnut]

Hi Maz,

Welcome to SGL. Save some pennies for a copy of 'turn left at orion' and 'sky & telescope pocket star atlas'. Also download a planetarium program, try stellarium its free and can be found here :-- http://www.stellarium.org/

Enjoy those dark skies.

Hwyl!

[lennylovit]

Sut mae croeso I SGL

dydd gwyl dewi hapus

[Charon]

Welcome aboard Mario.

[JamesF]

Welcome to SGL

James

[Welrod50]

Hello and welcome Mario

[Stephen Green]

Hi welcome to the SGL

Stephen

[Pig]

Hello and welcome

Shaun

[M L W]

Diolch yn fawr. Dyw i ddim yn siarad Cymraeg, mae fy wraig wedi ysgrifennu hwn i fi. Lol.....

Thanks for the warm welcome from all and I'm sure ill get some good guidance from you.

Maz

[fondofchips]

Hi Mario & welcome to SGL.

[JonDoe]

Hi Mario welcome to SGL, good luck choosing your new telescope, ask as many questions as you need too before taking the plunge.

[Bizibilder]

Hello Mario and welcome to SGL!!

[Mr Spock]

Hi, welcome to SGL

Out of that choice of scopes I'd go for the 150 myself.

[MorningMajor]

Hi and welcome aboard!

[Siriusmeg]

Hello and welcome from me too I have the 150 on a dob mount and its a lovely scope.

[sologuitarist61]

Welcome to SGL

[andrew63]

Happy St David's Day Maz

andrew

[jason.p]

Welcome Mario. It's a nice part of the world despite clouds isn't it. Lets hope we get our fair share of clear skies. Good luck with the scope

Jason

[Rainmaker]

'Welcome from another new member, I once had the SLT130 which I thought was an excellent 'first scope'

I would never recommend and EQ mount as a first mount for anyone. Too much time setting up instead of looking at the pretty lights in the sky.

[Jake Bullit]

Welcome, happy St. Davids day.

[M L W]

Happy St David's day and again, Hi to all. its been a real warm welcoming to the forum from everyone. As to my choices, I'm taking the hint that the sw 150p maybe the best option? maybe adding accessories to the set up later!

[saturn4me]

Hi and welcome to SGL!

[Pete Presland]

hi welcome to SGL from peter in bedfordshire