First Telescope

[Gy Stargazer]

Well having been interested in Astronomy for over 10 years i'm finally get my hands on my first telescope.

It is the Skywatcher SkyHawk 1145p AZ GO TO SynScan.

Heard they are very good and affordable.

Should be taking collection of it in a few days so will keep you pposted on how things turn out with it.

[The Warthog]

A 114mm scope is the first scope for a lot of people, as it was for me. I used mine for several years before I moved up to my present kit.

[Gy Stargazer]

Well it's finally arrived seet up yesterday but i have a question.

Does anyone know a good website for getting my longitude and latitude as i need to imput it into my handset for tracking.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[crepitis]

Theres a free programme called Stellarium which will allow you to set your viewing location and give you the co-ordinates, its also very usefull for planning your observing sessions as its a planetarium which will show you what should be visible from your location at any given time or date, weather permitting !

A search on Yahoo or Google will point you to the free download.

[Mikea]

I use this for lat/long: Lat - Long Finder: This page helps you find Latitude and Longitude

[Gy Stargazer]

Thanks for the website Mikea.

Will have a look and possibly download Stellarium Crepitis.

[Gy Stargazer]

Wow. Downloaded Stellarium and it is amazing.

Big thank you to both on your help.

[Astro_Baby]

YOu can get lat and lon off of Google earth as well.

[gls]

YOu can get lat and lon off of Google earth as well.

And google maps.

Just centre it where you'll be doing your observing and copy and paste...

javascript:void(prompt('',gApplication.getMap().getCenter()));

into your browser.

Lifehacker - How to find latitude and longitude - Google