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Locky

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Hi, im from Cardiff, my missis bought me a telescope from jessops for xmas, model is TA 700-76

just wondering if its any good, not sure what sort of distance il be able to see from it, but looking to use it tonight as its lovely and clear, forum looks fantastic.

Im a complete novice at this so il be on the quest for info, im looking to photograph alot too.

Thanks for reading.

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Hi Locky, welcometo SGL. The first thing you ought to do is download http://www.stellarium.org/ and have a play with it. This will show you what's in the sky and what you are looking at. It's also totally free. Your scope will start you off but you would need something with a little more quality in the mount/optics region for astrophotography.

But don't worry about that yet, enjoy your scope, learn where stuff is (Turn Left At Orion is a good book as well for finding your way around) and ask all the questions you want!

This may not mean much at the moment but your scope is a 76 mil refractor (the width of the big lens at the front) with a focal ratio of F9.2.(the number of times the width of the big lens goes into the length of the scope, yours is 700 mil long.)

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Hello and Welcome! Venus is about at the moment, give that a quick peek!

is that the really bright star thats one of the first out, towards the west?

Thanks again for the warm welcome guys! got the scope set up now, just waiting for thenext clear night!

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