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PaulCH

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well i dont really like the term "newbie" but a newby i am!

Seems to me one can get lost for hours on this site - beats working anyhow!

everything i have read is interesting and knowledgable and i am trying to soak it all up!

I live in Orpington, South East London, I dont have a good garden for viewing - tall trees right along the back - but I do have some common ground to the side, there are a number of street lights and of course the cars, and all of this has put me off in the past. But this year, thanks to stargazing live, i thought it is now or never! A few visits to several of the local specialist stores gave me hope that it was possible and so I have taken the plunge.

I have started off with a good pair of 10 x 50 binos, but that rather frustrated me, maybe it is just that i am getting old, but i couldnt control the wobble! I bought an attachment for my camera tripod, but find myself kneeling underneath it looking straight up, any suggestion welcome.

Me being me I wanted to get going and after great help and advice from the guys at the Widescreen Centre, I am now the proud owner of a Celestron 127 SLT, of course, it would be nice if it stopped raining.......

Not sure what i am going to be interested in, I can see the moon, jupiter, venus and most of the constellations with the naked eye, I know i want to do some solar work, but need to build my filter first. I can get to some fairly dark sky sites within 15 minutes but am slightly worried about going somewhere on my own, not that I am afraid of the dark! I intend to join the local society and hopefull get some idea of some sites from them.

Whilst I am looking forward to the sites, I know that I will want to know a bit of the science behind it. To this end I have signed myself up to do the GCSE in Astronomy.

Finally, I thought that the thread posted on the forum about not having high expectations of being able to see "Hubble" type images and to take things slowly is very good advice, even though I feel like a kid in a sweet shop at the moment!!

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Hi and welcome to SGL :)

Sadly light polution is a pain but its the clouds that are killing us at the moment!

Luckily you have chosen a very capable scope that is also easily portable to dark skies and if they are only 15 mins way then even better!

If you can find and join a local Astronomy club then you could probably find a viewing partner so you dont have to worry about being out alone with a few hundred pounds worth of equipment.

Jupiter is nice to look at with the naked eye but once you see it through your scope it will change your life!

As for the Solar work please be very careful in considering your filters and head on over to the solar viewing and imaging section of this site for help and advice on that matter.

Also you should download the free software Stellarium from here as its fantastic for helping you learn the night sky http://www.stellarium.org/en_GB/

If you have a smart phone or tablet there are many very nice astronomy apps available that will also help you :)

Welcome again and hope you get sorted!

Lee

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