Testing the waters

[countwitte]

Hello,

Another newcomer here, currently fighting the urge to rush out and spend money on telescopes! I was interested in astronomy as a child but other things quickly took over. Now I'm older and have two young children I figured it was a good time to scratch that itch and maybe show them something in the process.

I've picked up a 2nd hand copy of Turn Left at Orion, and I have an old 10x50 binocular laying around so I'm hoping to spend some time getting familiar with the night sky and take it from there.

I'm based just south of Glasgow and it sounds like the national parks and forests to the south could be worth exploring for dark skies.

Michael

[M40]

Welcome to the site 👍 my guess is that once you have seen M31 in your binoculars you will be hooked like the rest of us 

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi Michael, welcome. I think you're going about this the right way. 

[Floater]

Welcome. Hope you and the children have lots of fun.

You should, indeed, head for the likes of Galloway. If you have never seen dark skies like that the experience will blow you away. Enjoy. 🙂

[wookie1965]

A warm welcome to SGL

[bosun21]

Hi Michael 👋, a warm welcome to SGL.

[Guest]

From one Michael to a other, greetings and salutations from across the pond. 

[countwitte]

Thanks everyone for the welcome, I look forward to poring over the forums while I'm waiting for the west coast weather to clear 🤞

[banjaxed]

Hi Michael, welcome to SGL.

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire 🙂