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jacksdad

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Thought it'd be polite to say hi - so hi!

 

I'm normally pretty good at finding information myself, but I'm new to this and sometimes a question is more efficient than searching for something when you don't know what it is ;)

 

So my son has been on about wanting a telescope for a while, and for his 8th birthday last week he asked family for money towards one instead of random presents. We looked around and had almost settled on getting something like a skywatcher heritage 76 as a starter - that was until we went to a family member's house to try their 'scopes (skymax 127 and a random 76mm reflector)...

 

Another look around and we got followed home by a used (well, pretty much unused) sw explorer 150PL with an eq3-2. It's my son's 'scope, but y'know, I've got to know how it works! For a start, I've got some tweaks planned on the mount and tripod to get some extra stability and we both want to try some imaging fairly soon (I've got a bit of background with photography and quite a bit of kit, just have to translate that knowledge... "just"...)

 

Well, that's enough waffling for now.

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Thanks guys.

 

Seeing as sunny Wiltshire isn't so sunny today (and I don't see this cloud shifting any time soon) I've got the eq3 and tripod in bits to see if I can reduce the wibbly shakes a bit...

 

I've got some improvement ideas that I've not found elsewhere yet - I can't say if they're unique (or any good tbf) but I'll see if I can find an appropriate section to stick a thread up about it.

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Hi and welcome to you and your son to this forum. Please don't hesitate to ask any questions as they arise by posting in the relevant section - there is a lot of helpful individuals and information to get you going in the right direction!

Clear skies and hope you enjoy your stay here too.

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