Hello from sunny Cheltenham!!!

[Paolo]

Hello everyone,

Just joined up...I've recently bought my 1st telescope,Skywatcher 130PM.Been doing plenty of studying all about Planets,constellations,DSO's etc...and i can't wait to take the tele out for a good vewing as soon as the weather permits.Unfortunately,i live in an apartment (west facing) in the town centre so my views aren't all that good.However,planning on finding a star party or two if there's any around my area.

I look forward to being a member of this rather fantastic forum.

Laterz

Paolo

[Helen]

Welcome aboard Paolo! That scope should be easy enough to stick in the car and get to some dark skies.

Helen

[Hugh]

Hi Paolo,

Welcome to SGL

Hugh

[Cloudgazer]

Welcome to the forum Paolo..

Scott

[SteelRat]

Hello and welcome Paolo

Cheers

Matthew(SR)

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Welcome to SGL Paolo.

Kaptain Klevtsov

[Casus belli]

Hello from sunny Cheltenham!!! Sunny? = Sun? Is that that thing that lives behind the clouds? (Im suffering from new equipment induced weather atm)

Anyway welcome aboard and may your weather head north a bit.

[centroid]

Hi Paolo, and welcome to the forum.

Cheltenham is where my ancestors lived, circa 1810 to 1860.

Dave

[oldman]

Hi Paolo,

Welcome to SGL. Enjoy the scope.

Steve

[mik]

Hello welcome to SGL.

Mick.

[Albedo 0.39]

Hi Paolo

Welcome to SGL

David

[Whippy]

Welcome to SGL Paolo .

Tony..

[supernova]

Hi Paolo welcome from cloudy Soton

[cygnusx1]

Hi Paolo and nice to have another newcomer to the hobby!

[Viking]

Hi Paolo,

The Cotswold Astonomical Society meets at Shurdington which is "roughly" between Cheltenham and Gloucester.

Their website is http://www.cotswoldas.org.uk/cas/

Kind regards,

Viking

[barkis]

Hello Paolo, welcome to the SGL forum.

Ron.

[Paolo]

Thank you all for your kind "Welcome's".......

Managed to get the moon in for the 1st time from my front window last night.....Marvellous!!! I even offered up my camera to the eyepiece and took a shot with rather surprisingly good results considering the inevitable hand shaking...Revelation eyepiece set on the way plus camera adapter...Looking forward to their imminent arrival...

Casus,

The "sunny" was a sarcastic wish :sunny:

Viking,

I went to the CAS meeting last Saturday.Really nice,welcoming bunch of people...I shall certainly become a member in December...I take it you're local?!!

[Beyond_Vision]

Hi Paolo,

Im in the Cotswold Society too. Im sure i spoke to you and showed you where Comet Holmes was at the last meeting.

Welcome to the SGL forum and I hope the skies are clear for you.

Regards,

Kevin

[GazOC]

Hi Paolo, welcome to the forum

[Jamie]

Hi Paolo and welcome to SGL...

[mpeniak]

Hi Paolo

Welcome to SGL!

Martin

[radioactive]

Hi and welcome to the SGL forums

[Starflyer]

Hi Paolo,

Welcome to SGL.

Cheers,

Ian

[Viking]

Hi Paolo,

I live in Lechlade, inbetween two societies. I chose to go to Abingdon instead. Each month they have a beginners meeting with is good for me.

Dark skies!!

Viking

[lunator]

Hi Paolo

Welcome to SGL

Sounds like you have a good astro society near you.

Cheers

Ian