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Dave In Vermont

Dave In Vermont

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Gteeting and welcome! You truly did come to the right place. We love questions here - so pull up a chair and make yourself at home.

+1 for Stellarium. It's one of the best star-charting programs available. And it really is free. Anything approaching it costs a few hundred £'s. So here's my Cut & Paste:

It takes awhile to download due to it's size. So wait until you have a bit of free time to load it. And to set-up may take you anywhere from 10 minutes to 10 days - depending on what you wish to do! Did I mention it's big? So here's the link:

 

http://www.stellarium.org/

 

And there is a user's manual on-line (follow the directions on the download site). As well as one you can download and read at your own pace:

 
http://barry.sarcasmogerdes.com/stellarium/stellarium_user_guide-new.pdf

 

The on-line manual is here:

 http://www.stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Stellarium_User_Guide

Clear skies,

Dave

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swag72

swag72

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Hi and welcome to SGL - I did a quick Google search and it threw up a few astro clubs in Lincoln  - I would say that if you can get to one of these it would be a great place to start. The forum is excellent, but there's no substitute in my mind for actually seeing people and being able to see how they set up etc in the flesh.

Look forward to seeing you around :)

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glowjet

glowjet

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Hi Litlelegs and welcome to SGL, your new Celestron 70 scope will open up a whole new World for you, but, even if you have excellent views of the sky from your bedroom, don`t be tempted to set up and use the scope from there. There should be many books in your local library that can get you started, some popular publications have already been mentioned and of course there is the forum, a mine of information, just ask in the relevant section, if you require information or having problems, enjoy your Astronomy and the forum :)

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