Waxing Loon Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Hi All, I decided to come here after seeing a poor review of an eyepiece set on Amazon and thinking maybe I needed to take my cues from experienced people not beginners like myself! So, firstly, anybody know why pressing enter doesn't start a new paragraph in this text box? I'm a bit [removed word] and like to present my written communications in an aesthetic manner. So the story so far is as follows: My wife bought me a telescope for my birthday as I'm generally a bit geeky and couldn't contain my boyish glee recently at a concert at Jodrell Bank Observatory where they perform next to the dish and project a light show onto it. The telescope I have is a Celestron Astromaster 70AZ. It's a refractor with a 900mm focal length and 2.8" aperture. It came with two stock eyepieces, 10mm and 20mm. I'm guessing these aren't Plossl as they are bog standard and don't say anything on them. I have spent the last couple of weeks reading up and trying to familiarise myself with the whole subject in the hope that when I go out on Tuesday night (Scope Nights best forecast) I will get more out of the experience than just randomly pointing at objects and expecting something spectacular. That's probably enough for a howdy post but no doubt you'll be seeing me popping up asking lots of questions in the near future and from what I've seen you seem like a helpful bunch so look forward to chatting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Welcome to SGLThe problem where pressing enter doesn't start a new paragraph is perhaps down to you using IE10? You have to set it in compatibility mode or something. If you search the forum you'll find some other references that may provide more help. I'm not a Windows user if I can avoid it, so I'm afraid I can't help much more.James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronl Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hi welcome to the loungeGood Luck and Clear Sky's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevend Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Welcome to SGL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowjet Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hi Waxing Loon and welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charon Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hi from me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIP3802 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hi, Waxing Loon, and a warm welcome to SGL from East Lancashire! If you haven't done already, I can recommend downloading the free planetarium 'Stellarium' which can be customised to your location and can be used to plan viewing sessions by showing what is available in the night sky (available here: http://stellarium.org/). Another suggestion is the book 'Turn Left at Orion' which many people on here have found useful as an introduction to star hopping. These might save you randomly pointing the scope and hoping for the best.Hope that helpsMartin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigander Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Welcome to SGL, Waxing Loon!Dana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hi, welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookie1965 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 A warm welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avtaram Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hello and welcome to SGL.Avtar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxing Loon Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 Thanks for the welcome everyone. I bought TLAO a couple of weeks ago Martin, just getting to the parts where it teaches star hopping etc. Downloaded stellarium this morning too. Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estwing Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 welcome along....clear skies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Howdy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hello & welcome Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hi and welcome to the forumClear skiesJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizibilder Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Hello Waxing Loon and welcome to SGL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m37 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 This is good too http://www.12dstring.me.uk/fov.htmLets you get an idea of what fits in the field of view for different equipment combinations.Welcome aboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiberjaber Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Hi All, I decided to come here after seeing a poor review of an eyepiece set on Amazon and thinking maybe I needed to take my cues from experienced people not beginners like myself! So, firstly, anybody know why pressing enter doesn't start a new paragraph in this text box? I'm a bit [removed word] and like to present my written communications in an aesthetic manner. ..........Hi Waxing, Newbie to here myself. I found that putting the browser in to compatibility mode allowed for new paragraphs to be inserted for me. Its the small icon in the URL box of the IE browser which looks like a torn bit of paper. (hopefully my attachment works so show you diagrammatically ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloz1664 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Hi and a warm welcome to the Lounge.Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Steele Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Hello and welcome to stargazers lounge, from Ben aka Jim from Berkshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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