Newbie in Scotland

[pediman]

Hi to everyone.

Have just moved up to Livingston from Birmingham.

amazed at what i can see with just my eyes.

am reading though Turn left at Orion.

Looking to get a scope soon but just so much choice.

Reading a lot of your posts to get a shortlist.

Big Dobsonion high up at the moment, but lots of others jockeying for position.

Cheers

[Psychobilly]

Hi Pediman,

Welcome to SGL

Billy...

[Roy]

Hi Pediman

Welcome to the forum

[Doc]

Welcome to SGL.

Hope you enjoy your stay.

[trudie]

Hi

Welcome from me too.

Trudie

[thumbless]

Hi mate i live in South Lanarkshire Scotland, pleased to meet you.

Davey

[blinky]

Welcome to the forum :wave:

[scotastro]

Welcome to SGL and Scotland :wave:

If you have dark skies even a small scope will show you lots more than would have been possible in Brum.

Mike

[stefski]

Hello and welcome to SGL!

Stef

[G1ZmO]

Hi Pediman,

Welcome to SGL

A group of us observe from near Livingston quite often. Feel free to get in touch. Website below

Paul

[Stephen Green]

Hi welcome to the SGL :sunny: :sunny:

Stephen

[phillc]

Hello pediman and a warm welcome to SGL

phillc :wave:

[Starjumper]

Hi Pediman,

Welcome to SGL.

John

[Talitha]

Hi, and welcome to SGL.

[centroid]

Hello, and welcome to SGL.

Dave

[dogfish]

Hi and Welcome to SGL from me too. I'm with G1zmo's group of observers. Feel free to come along one night.

Regards, Martin

[gary1968]

Hi Pediman,

Welcome to SGL, I'm also with G1zm0s wee group and live in Midcalder, just a mile or so from livingston. Feel free to come along on our observing sessions and have a look through some scopes there until you make your mind up mate.

Gary

[lunator]

Hello Pediman

Welcome to SGL

Rgds

Ian

[pediman]

Many thanks to everyone for the warm welcome.

I'm now busy trawling through all the good advice on the future purchase of my first scope.

Also busy reading through 'Turn left at Orion'. It'll be fantastic to be able to put it into practice sometime.

Trying really hard to stop myself rushing out and buying a scope,before i know exactly whats right for me.

Cheers,

Matt

[ron.s.g]

Hi pediman and welcome,

good luck with the scope, lots of advice on here.

regards ron.s.g

[G1ZmO]

Hi Pediman,

Welcome to SGL, I'm also with G1ZmOs wee group

heh Gaz, we're now bigger than a lot of Astro Societies and FREE! Not that that's a plug or anything. LOL

Paul

[Paxo]

Hi Pediman :wave: ,

A very warm welcome to SGL.

Steve..

[Milliways]

I was in the same position as you mate.. I went for practicality rather than a huge dobsonian, I wanted the Skyliner 300p Flexi-tube but the thought of trailing round a 12" dob by my self didn't seem that fun, so i chose the Meade ETX125PE GOTO, which is a fantastic scope, amazing optics and is easy as hell to move about, It only has a 5" apature but performs better than some 8", The GOTO is great if you are not sure where some objects in the sky are, all u gotta do is press a button and your away!

The scope you use the most will be the best one for you.

Plus i didn't go for the dob aswell cuz i couldn't fit the thing in the car... They are alot bigger than they look in the mags lol.

Food for thourght mate, hope you do well in finding your first scope, this is def the right place for advice.

Dave.

[Wobbly Bob]

Hi Pediman, welcome to SGL

[Ferox]

Welcome to SGL Pediman.