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Phall82

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I went outside last night with my dad's binoculars (just standard 8x42, but good quality) and I was amazed at the number of stars out there that you can't see with the naked eye but become visible even with a pair of normal magnification binoculars.

Also, even off that experience, I think I've caught the bug for it :-)

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Welcome Phall82! Your definitely in the right place to get those all important questions answered. I'm a newbie to SGL too and every question I have asked so far has been answered very quickly and been very helpful!

Clear skies!

Shep  

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Thanks for all the welcomes guys. I'm looking forward to get stuck in but I want to make sure I make the right choices first.

Richard, the Fishermans (as was) is one of our favourite places for a chilled out drink (now The Wine Press).

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I knew I should have bought it. It was only £50k when I was looking at it......!

When I come over to visit my sister at The Mop Shop I'll check out the old pub. (The Wine Press indeed!)

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Well, I've taken the plunge (in the shallow end to start with) by buying a used skywatcher 130M with equatorial mount. Bought it off eBay but the seller is a member on here as well.

Looking forward to getting started and learning the basics. I thought getting a used scope with EQ mount to start with would be a better way to learn than spending loads and not having a clue what I'm doing.

If I love it, I can always upgrade and use a better scope in the future when I'm more capable.

Where are the clear skies!?!? :-)

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Hi Colin.

A very warm welcome to you.  The observatory at Todmorden,  that a previous member mentioned, is The Astronomy Centre (TAC) on the Todmorden/Bacup road run by Peter Drew,  Open every Saturday from 7.30pm if you want to pop along, you'll get a warm welcome and hopefully find it very useful - lot's of different scopes of all shapes and sizes to try out.  Not that I'm being pushy, but this Saturday looks like there may be some clear skies early on.  No-one will mind if you turn up a little early so you can have the tour in daylight.  Hope to see you there.

Regards, Paul

PS  If you google The Astronomy Centre Todmorden, there is a good location map and other details.

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welcome colin pretty much a newbie myself but already gaining plenty of info from all the members a very friendly bunch with a wide variety of knowledge i'm abit lower than keith i'm in Shaw 

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Hi Colin,

My place of birth was Rochdale AND I grew up at Hollingworth Lake, lived there until 22; parents still do.

My usual 'gazing place is Blackstone Edge still, as my Dad joins me.

New on here myself, great to hear of some local interest.

Chris

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