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JamesOfThinking

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JamesOfThinking

JamesOfThinking

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Hello there,

I'm James and I'm based pretty much in close reach of West Cheshire, South Wirral and Flintshire. But official I am Cheshire based.

I have been interested in astronomy for as long as I can remember altough recently I have become more active within the area. Last summer I picked up a tiny 3" Mini Dobsonian scope for £50 and utilised it to begin to learn the skies and discover. Since my hungar for better viewing has increased to the point of breaking yesterday when I decided to head to Stockport and pick up a Skywatcher Skyline 200p, quite the upgrade! Despite my Garden being surrounded by other houses/garages/trees I had a spectacular first night with it...

I took it into the garden at around 8.30 to begin to get used to such a stunning and powerful piece of equitment. Luckily it was a clear night. I caught Jupiter early on including some faint detail on it's surface plus four of it's moons. Later on after a short break I locked on to both the Double Cluster and the Behive in supreme detail compared to the old 3" as you would imagine. Just before packing in Saturn had risen to a perfect point through the trees and I caught it at about 00.03 I even managed a quick photo on my phone through the lense.

You can check out my first picture of Saturn here and I plan to snap plenty more images and get a little camera set up going in the near future.

I read many threads on here about the skyline and the comments really influenced by decision so thanks!

Looking forward to getting involved and chatting to you all.

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Hi James welcome to the lounge, nice choice of scope,

sounds and looks like you enjoyed yourself, lot's of advice

and links here in the Stargazers Lounge.

Enjoy and Clear Sky's

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Thanks all! Feeling very welcomed indeed. Semi clear skies here tonight, out earlier seeking out Jupiter and it's moons. Having a break for a few hours and then I'll go out again for a short while! If any of you have any tips or tricks for the dob 200p I'd be very greatful of the hints!

Here's to clear skies. :smiley:

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