Hello.

[RT65CB-SWL]

Hello,

I thought it was about time I had Introduce myself since I sined up a few days ago.

Well as you have noticed my name is Philip R. I Live in Lower Earley, Berkshire, England. (coordinates 51° 25′ 29.8 N, 0° 55′ 44″ W)*

I have owned and parted company with few telescopes over the light-years. My first telescope was a 40x 40mm Tasco refractor which my father gave me for my 14th birthday - and 'yes' I could see the rings of Saturn with it.

My present equipment is as follows:-

TeleVue Ranger

Meade ETX105

TeleVue 15mm & 8mm plossel e/p

TeleVue 6mm radian e/p

TeleVue 3-6mm clickstop zoom e/p

Meade 20mm plossel e/p

an unknown .965inch 6mm orthoscopic e/p with 1.25inch adaptor

Tele-Optic Giro DX (mkll) mount

Manfrotto 055PRO tripod (planning to upgrade to a heavy duty tripod within the next few months)

Sony 7x50 binoculars

Olympus C2040 digital camera...

...and an assortment of accessories by:

Astro Engineering

Beacon Hill Telescopes

Steven Mogg

TeleVue

I mainly obseverve the Moon, the Sun and the planets as I suffer with light pollution.

* my coordinates are from of CalSky.

Thank you for reading and clear skies,

Philip.

[dark knight]

Hi Philip and welcome to SGL. I hope you will feel at home here...

[ashenlight]

A very warm welcome to SGL Philip

Observing the Moon is one of my favourites, there's some much detail to absorb from our closest neighbour I bet you are looking forward to Saturn's rings opening up over the coming years.

Great to have you here

[Starjumper]

Hi Philip,

Welcome to SGL.

John

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Philip!

Dana

[SpookyKatt]

Hi Philip, welcome to the forum.

Kathleen

[Rusty Strings]

Hi Phillip and welcome to SGL

John

[Doc]

Hi and welcome to SGL

[Craig H]

hello phillip, a very warm welcome to SGL

regards craig

[glowjet]

Hi Philip,

A warm welcome to SGL, hope you enjoy the forum.

John.

[ron.s.g]

Hi philip and welcome,

regards ron.s.g

[Talitha]

Hi and welcome to SGL, Philip.

[phillc]

Hello Philip and a warm welcome to SGL.

phillc

[johnh]

Nice to have you here Philip, I started as a teenager too and Saturns rings where brilliant to see for the first time and never fails to impress me. John.

[cosmic dave]

Hi Ya !

[peeceeTal2M]

Hi and welcome to SGL Philip