A quick hello from the South West UK.

[jadeneptune]

Just wanted to say a brief hello!

After many years of watching my husband fill up our sheds and garage with telescopes, tripods, various wooden structures and spending weekends on astronomy projects that never seem to be finished I finally thought I'd see what it was all about. I thought one was supposed to spend more time outside looking at the heavens through the telescopes  so I have claimed one or two telescopes for myself to do just that 

Jacqui

[M40]

Hello jadeneptune and welcome to the site 👍 I am not sure if you should claim the best two telescopes or start a shopping list of your own 🤣 enjoy

[barbulo]

Hi Jacqui, and welcome to this hobby. You surely won’t be disappointed.

[banjaxed]

Hi Jacqui, welcome to SGL.

Edited February 9, 2022 by banjaxed

[steviebee]

Welcome to SGL Jacqui.

[Floater]

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun … and not too much wrangling over the scope(s)! 🙂

[wesdon1]

42 minutes ago, jadeneptune said:

Just wanted to say a brief hello!

After many years of watching my husband fill up our sheds and garage with telescopes, tripods, various wooden structures and spending weekends on astronomy projects that never seem to be finished I finally thought I'd see what it was all about. I thought one was supposed to spend more time outside looking at the heavens through the telescopes  so I have claimed one or two telescopes for myself to do just that 

Jacqui

Welcome jadeneptune! You will find many many kind and helpful people on here. I am a relative newbie myself, having only been gazing up at the heavens for roughly 3 years. Have you managed to see anything you like yet ? Wes, Liverpool. ( amateur Astronomer and Astrophotographer )

[cajen2]

Hi Jacqui and a warm welcome to SGL.

Clive - not that far away near Bristol.

Which scopes have you 'claimed'?

[PeterCPC]

Hello and welcome.

[Lee_P]

Hello and welcome! We're not that far away, I'm in Bristol.

[wookie1965]

A warm welcome to SGL 

[Jimbo64]

Hi Jacqui and welcome.

[jadeneptune]

Thanks all! 

I've 'claimed' two telescopes setup on a mount that can just be pushed around easy. One a widefield 4" skywatcher refractor and 5" maksutov on a skytee mount I am told. (They're the ones he lets children use!)

 

[Stu]

19 minutes ago, jadeneptune said:

Thanks all! 

I've 'claimed' two telescopes setup on a mount that can just be pushed around easy. One a widefield 4" skywatcher refractor and 5" maksutov on a skytee mount I am told. (They're the ones he lets children use!)

 

Welcome Jacqui. I’m just down the road in Crewkerne. Sounds like you have a couple of nice scopes to play with 👍

[Daf]

Hi Jacqui, welcome to the club! 

[That Bear Guy]

Hi Jacqui,

Welcome to SGL and to stargazing 😁

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi Jacqui, welcome. 

[AstroNebulee]

Hi and welcome to sgl, I'm in the south west but probably a lot more sw here in Cornwall, have fun on the site 👍

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire  🙂