Total beginner

[sean]

Hi I am a total beginner I have just purchased Mead GO-TO telescope. Unfortunately because of the weather I have not used it yet. This is my first post really, just to say hello.

[Doc]

Hi Sean and welcome to SGL

[Sam]

Welcome to SGL Sean! I hope the weather improves and you get a chance to use your scope soon.

[brantuk]

Hi Sean - welcome to the group

[Astro_Baby]

And hi from me as well

[yeti monster]

Welcome to SGL Sean, clear skies soon, don't worry.

Read through the forum whilst waiting and study star maps and stellarium (free download-planetarium). Before you know it you'll be hunting things down.

[david o]

Hi Sean,

Welcome to the forum.

Don't worry, you'll get used to it - any astro-purchase seems to bring the clouds, almost as if they were packed in the box too.

[Talitha]

Hi and welcome to SGL, Sean.

[Captain Tripps]

Hi Sean

Welcome from me also

Lee

[BAZ Senior]

Hi Sean, Welcome to SGL.

Which Meade did you get?

[glowjet]

Hi Sean,

A very warm welcome to SGL, thats the trouble with buying telescopes you can never seem to get away from the free offer : buy a telescope get cloud free, enjoy the forum.

John.

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Sean!

Dana

[dark knight]

Hi and welcome from me too....

[Rusty Strings]

Hi Sean and welcome from me.

[johnh]

This is the place for total beginners so a warm welcome, once the horrible weather clears the sky will be your playground.

JohnH.

[Beyond_Vision]

Hi Sean and welcome to SGL lets hope the weather improves soon

Regards

Kevin

[SteveP]

Hi Sean

A warm welcome to SGL

Don't worry, most of us are suffering with the weather!

Steve

[yeti monster]

Don't worry, most of us are suffering with the weather!

Steve

Even here in the tropics, after a wonderfully hot sunny day, the clouds rolled in just in time to spoil any chance of Mercury and Venus. Now it's blowing a hooli and can hardly see any stars.

[sean]

Thank you all very much for your very warm welcome,after all my moaning, last night I had what I am calling a baptism of fire.

Up here in the Furness area of Cumbria U.K. I had a fantastic view of the moon, now that was the bees knees, but then I stumbled on star with rings around it, even a total beginner like me knows I had spotted Satern.

I am hooked.

For those who asked I have a mead DS114s go-to

thank again

Sean

[Euan]

Hi Sean,

Welcome to SGL!

[phattanglo]

Hello Sean and welcome.

[Brendan of Borg]

Hi Sean. I got a Meade too... but it's a little baby ETX-60.

It's a good forum here bud!

[phillc]

Hello Sean and a warm welcome to SGL.

phillc

[Pete Presland]

hi welcome to sgl