Newbie

[healeddoughnut]

Hi, total newbie here, the wife bought me my first scope, its a Celestron Omni XLT150 which is just brilliant. I have a 2 x Barlow lens, fairly good quality, and 3 lenses inclusive of the 25mm which are a 10mm and a 6mm.

So far i have been able to see the moon in glorious detail, Jupiter and its 4 moons, Saturn, Uranus but thats all i am afraid. I havent been able to see Neptune, which is about now, nor the milky way or any nebulas. Does anyone have any advice helpful tips for a novice to get the best out of his scope, be it lenses, focusing etc i would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for your time and any replies you deem worthy of sending a new member, hopefully for a long time to come. Kindest regards, Steve

[swag72]

Welcome to SGL Steve - Glad that you found us, there's loads of info in the beginners section about how to get the best out of your scope. Can't help you as I've never looked through one!!

Look forward to seeing you around

[ScottS]

Welcome to SGL Steve. As regards the Milky Way. All you need for that is a dark sky and a pair of eyeballs. One of my favourite sights when I can get to a dark site. A dark sky is probably the single best way of having a good nights viewing.

[Stargazer 2013]

welcome..I am new too..I got my skywatcher 130p 8 days ago and had 8 days of solid cloud,you have seen more then me lol

[healeddoughnut]

Wow that was fast, think im going to like it here. Thanks for the tips so far. Lol @ Swag.

[wookie1965]

A warm welcome to SGL

[healeddoughnut]

Thank you to all for the warm welcome.

[hobsey]

Hello and welcome.

[sologuitarist61]

Welcome to SGL!

[JamesM]

Hi and welcome to the forum

Clear skies

James

[ronl]

Hi and welcome to the lounge

do you have any star charts if not try this link http://freestarcharts.com/

click on the guides right hand side, then you can print them off.

Good Luck and Clear Sky's

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire  also another favourite http://www.stellarium.org/ superb and free !!!!!

[Charon]

Welcome aboard Steve.

[todd8137]

Hi Steve welcome to Sgl from me

Pat

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Steve!

Dana

[glowjet]

Hi Steve and welcome to SGL

[SimonS]

Hi from S.Wales. A good nebula to see at the moment is M42 (Orion Nebula) nice a big in the night sky just below Orion's Belt.

Happy hunting and Clear Skies

Simon

[Bizibilder]

Hello Steve and welcome to SGL!!

[JamesF]

Welcome to SGL

James

[Pig]

Hello & welcome

Shaun

[healeddoughnut]

Massive thanks to ronl and bunnygod1 for the links. Hi to all and again many thanks for the extremely warm welcome to SGL.

Charon, whereabouts in Crete are you? I used to live in Gouves and Kokini Hani.

I actually got to see Uranus the other night, although very small, it was still quite a thrill, Mercury was supposed to follow but i didnt get to see

[Jason71]

Hi and welcome to SGL. You will enjoy it here. Loads of information to help you a long.