oblivion19 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I recently found out I'm really passionate space, so I decided to take a leap into astronomy. Thank you for having such an informative forum! As background, I am a young software engineer, living in London for about 6 years. While the light pollution is very high, I try to make the most of it by going on a 20 floor building's roof terrace to do my stargazing.I've bought a Celestron 15x70 binoculars and a few books to get started. I must say the whole experience so far is amazing. I look forward to discovering more about space.I will have a thorough look into the beginners section to see what I can do now, before getting my hands on a telescope (was looking at Orion XT10 classic or intelliscope).Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudropb Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtreemchaos Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 hi mate and welcome from south wales,you have come to the right place for all things spacey and more.Orion XT10 classic or intelliscope)thats a hard one to chose,id go for the intelliscope very good for finding stuff, thay are both very good scopes, have you had a look at skywhatchers thay do some very nice dobs and thay may be a bit less,all the best.charl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterCPC Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hi and welcome.Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hi and welcome to the lounge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swag72 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hi and welcome to SGL. Glad that you found us and hope that you enjoy your time here.Look forward to seeing you around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hi, welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hi and welcome to the forumClear skies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologuitarist61 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hello and welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSki Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hello and a warm welcome to the star-crazy gang. Blimey, the roof of a 20 story building eh! you probably don't need a scope, just pluck what you want to look at from the heavens. I hope you have a great time with your hobby and also with your new friends on this wonderful forum.All the bestBob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah and Colins Astro Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hi there, hope you get your scope soon and good luck with it all, you will love it when you get one :-)Sarah & Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lloyd Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hello and welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirius Starwatcher Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hello and welcome to SGL good job you've got a head for heights with your observing position. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damnut Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hi There,Warm welcome to SGL. Starting with binos is a great start as you get some muscle memory about where objects are in the sky. The orion 10"dob is a bit of a beast, what I would advise is to go to your nearest asto club meet and see what others have and what may suit you best. If you have not done so already download a planetarium program, plenty out there but try stellarium its great and free, to be found here :--- http://www.stellarium.org/ . A couple of books to help you are 'turn left at orion' and 'sky&telescope pocket star atlas' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblivion19 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Thank you all for your kind words, it feels great to be part of this community.@damnut: You are right. I will join some astro club/society (was thinking about Flamsteed Astronomy Society, mainly because it's close to where I live), before buying any scope. As for books, I've got: NightWatch (Terrence Dickinson), The Practical Astronomer (DK) and a few others, plus some magazines. Turn left at Orion will be my next purchase, as well as some star atlas (I do have a planisphere though).Software: Stellarium is amazing, I've got a tens of apps on my tablet and there is this cool simulation "game": Space Engine -- http://en.spaceengine.org/.Cheers,Vlad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saganite Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hi and welcome to SGL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox45 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hello and welcome to the forum Clear skies ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowjet Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hi Vlad and welcome to SGL, before it gets too light on an evening, you might like to pay a visit to Regents Park and link up with the Baker Street Irregulars Astronomers group, http://bakerstreetastro.org.uk they should have a meeting sometime in May. Talking with like minded people on the subject can be very rewarding. Enjoy the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpius Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Greetings and welcome to the forum. Lots of friendly folks and good advice - all you need to do is ask... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxophilus Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hi, I'm a software engineer too mainly using C# and MVC but I've been playing around with Java and writing Android stuff more recently.Welcome to SGL Clear Skies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toilandtrouble123 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 hey buddy, welcome to the forum, you'll find plenty of help on here readily available I have recently started to try some of Sky At Night magazine's Binocular Tours, check it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonimac25 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hello and welcome to sgl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ44 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Hi Vlad and welcome to SGL.TLAO is an excellent beginner book.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScribbleJ Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Welcome Oblivion. I'm new here also. Good to see I'm not the only newbie here. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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