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DomDubois

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Hi, my name's Dominic and I'm new to the forum.  

I've been interested in astronomy to some degree my whole life.  Recently in the last two years this interest has peaked. So I have been reading some forums, magazines and books and a few months ago I was finally able to purchase my first telescope!  It's been very cold out here and I'm usually very busy so I've only used it a few times, but this spring when it warms up a bit, I am looking forward to getting it out a lot more.

I look forward to becoming a member of the community here and hopefully one day I'll know enough to offer some advice myself  :tongue:

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swag72

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Hi Dominic and welcome to SGL - Glad that you found us and decided to join. It's a friendly forum with people who really do know their stuff. So if you have any questions, then do ask, none of us were born astronomers :grin:

Look forward to seeing you around :smiley:

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Thanks for the warm welcome everyone  :smiley:

I did a fair bit of research and weighed my options, I didn't want to spend a fortune and realize that I didn't care for the hobby, so I ended up getting a 10" dobsonian.  Definitely not the more portable telescope out there but I love it so far. It is made by Apertura, and it appears to be identical to a Zhummell. For eyepieces I just have the two that came with the scope.  One is a 9mm plossl and the other is a 30mm 2" .   I've enjoyed viewing the moon, and recently viewed M41, and M42 with the 30mm.  The 9mm has got me decent views of Jupiter but I find it a bit more frustrating to focus than the 30mm piece.

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Thanks for the warm welcome everyone  :smiley:

I did a fair bit of research and weighed my options, I didn't want to spend a fortune and realize that I didn't care for the hobby, so I ended up getting a 10" dobsonian.  Definitely not the more portable telescope out there but I love it so far. It is made by Apertura, and it appears to be identical to a Zhummell. For eyepieces I just have the two that came with the scope.  One is a 9mm plossl and the other is a 30mm 2" .   I've enjoyed viewing the moon, and recently viewed M41, and M42 with the 30mm.  The 9mm has got me decent views of Jupiter but I find it a bit more frustrating to focus than the 30mm piece.

Hi Domninic,

You should get some decent views of Jupiter through your 9mm EP.

This will either be a useful or dis useful question but have you collimated your telescope?

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Hi Domninic,

You should get some decent views of Jupiter through your 9mm EP.

This will either be a useful or dis useful question but have you collimated your telescope?

Yes I collimate my telescope before each use

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