Yet Another Newbie!

Evening all, (waving) My name is Pete and yet another newbie on the scene. I have read quite a few posts on this forum as when I needed some information a quick Google search would often bring me here. Tonight I stumbled upon the thread by The Warthog regarding eyepieces and read through the entire thread! Great article indeed! (and if i'm honest, the reason I signed up.) It seems like a great place with great advice! At Christmas my wife was struggling to decide on a present for me. A

Thanks Steve. I wasn't actually worried. Just wondered if it was necessary. Anyways, thanks for all your inputs. I gave it a go. Took me a while and there was one point I thought uh-oh that's not good! However I carried on and I think (read: hope) I made it better not worse. Now just waiting for clear skies to check. Let's begin.. (the card between the primary/secondary helped enormously) Removed the card and was greeted with this... Crikey! A few twists and tur