uncle_adolph Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Hi!First got into astronomy in the early 1960's when my mum and dad bought me a Charles Frank Junior Astronomical Telescope one Christmas. Awful telescope, really, but it started things off.In the early 1970's my dad took me to Dixons and bought me a 60 mm Japanese refractor. I thought it was great.....three eyepieces (the CF had a fixed eyepiece), equatorial mount, slow motions but was it heavy and the tripod, really, was rubbish! Then the teens and hormones took over; I didn't seem to have much time for stars when staggering out of the pub.....well, not those stars anyway!Over the last two or three years really got back into it helped by a 50th birthday present from the wife of a super pair of 10x50 Bushnell's. A couple of weeks or so went the whole hog....a second hand Skywatcher 12" truss tube Dob which really is the business.Anyhow, greetings to all!- Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astorix Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Evening Geoff, Welcome to SGL, you will really like it here, everyone is very friendly and there is some real expert advice to be had! Enjoy your scope and fingers crossed for clear skies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillc Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Hello Geoff and a warm welcome to SGL.phillc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talitha Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Hi and welcome to SGL, Geoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david o Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Hi Geoff,A warm welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Hi Geoff and welcome from me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowjet Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Hi Geoff,A very warm welcome to SGL, hope you enjoy the forum.John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightsky Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Hello Geoff,A very warm welcome to SGL from me.I started out with the same Charles Frank 'scope (mounting made from flexible wooden dowelling if I recall correctly), then quickly graduated onto an equatorially mounted Charles Frank 4in newt. This cost an arm and a leg at the time (late '60s) but was an improvement (just). All very different now:).Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizibilder Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Hello and welcome to SGL!! Have fun with that Dob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle_adolph Posted April 19, 2010 Author Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hello Geoff,A very warm welcome to SGL from me.I started out with the same Charles Frank 'scope (mounting made from flexible wooden dowelling if I recall correctly), then quickly graduated onto an equatorially mounted Charles Frank 4in newt. This cost an arm and a leg at the time (late '60s) but was an improvement (just). All very different now:).MartinNo....the CF JAT (well, at least the one I had!) was a spindly metal tripod and the mount sort of slotted into a hole at the top of the tripod. You couldn't follow a thing with it because the slightest nudge meant you almost knocked the thing over; if you tried to focus (no rack and pinion!) again you ended up looking somewhere else. But it was fun (really???)Anyhow, thanks all for the welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan of Borg Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Hello Geoff! So astronomy is better than girls and drink eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle_adolph Posted April 20, 2010 Author Share Posted April 20, 2010 Hello Geoff! So astronomy is better than girls and drink eh? Well, I do live in Essex...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigander Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Welcome to SGL, Geoff!Dana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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