The first thing you saw through your new scope?

[ezza123]

I'm classing this as advice, and for inspiration ,

What was the first object you looked at through when the clouds cleared for the first time on your telescopes,

[kniclander]

the moon - twas the only thing I could find and it looks great in any scope

[Dimitris]

M13

[TheThing]

A chimney a few streets away - I was lining up the finder. I sure Chris Packham would be delighted in this as I also managed to identify crow poo on said chimney thru the scope! Multi tasking or what!

[Ant]

It's going back a few years for me, but I *think* my first ever celestial object was Venus!

Ant

[russ]

It was the moon for me on Boxing Day 1983 using a 50mm Tasco refractor......best christmas present ever! A day i will remember forever and only surpassed by first view of Saturn a few months later on the 6th June 1984...

[Demonperformer]

A few months back I added a Skywatcher SW80 to my collection. The first object I spent time observing was M44 through my Pentax XL14 at my first SCAG meeting. Magnificent sight.

[pvaz]

A tree.

Later that night I sow Jupiter, M13 and M57.

[ezza123]

Hopefully after tomorrow I will be able to add mine...if its not too cloudy!

[Glider]

Jupiter.

[yeti monster]

Other than the pointy bit on top of the religious building across the valley, M42 was the first thing I viewed through the 10" SNT was M42, whilst the SNT was bungeed to a sack truck and leaning against a stack of breeze blocks. Note: I have since improved this set up by a fair degree!

[RikM]

The first thing I saw through my 60mm Prinz Astral 400 was an upside down cow. It was either my 10th Birthday or Christmas the same year, I don't remember which. The first thing I saw through my SW150P was Betelgeuse, to align the finder.

Rik

[Digz]

Saturn was my first sight in my scope. Had seen saturn with a department store scope which left a distinct memory so wanted to see how this scope fared.

[brantuk]

In order the first 3 things were - a pylon half a mile away (aligning ota and finder), the moon, then saturn. Or it could be argued I saw a mirror cos I looked in the wrong end first lol

[Beulah]

M92 was my first object.

[xmal]

Lyra, followed by M57 (that took some finding)

[dave1978]

Saturn high in the summer sky of 2007 i think it was, what a sight.

[shaunster]

saturn, i remember being just amazed at what i was seeing

[LukeSkywatcher]

The Moon for me.

[kidlands]

The brightest highest object in the sky at the time, and I had no idea what I was going to see........Saturn.

[Worzsel]

Saturn. Breathtaking!

[Mats72]

My first object was Jupiter.

[Pete Presland]

the moon,same as a lot of people on here

[bish]

It was the moon for me on Boxing Day 1983 using a 50mm Tasco refractor......best christmas present ever! A day i will remember forever and only surpassed by first view of Saturn a few months later on the 6th June 1984...

Funny as mine was almost exactly the same. About 1983 (I may be a year out) with a 60mm tasco I'd had for Christmas I couldn't believe how amazing the Moon looked at x75! I saw Saturn not long after through my cousins similar scope at about x30 and could just make out the oval shape of the rings. Thought it was the best thing ever.

[sardaukarr]

i was about to say Saturn but then saw the moon post *face palm moon ofc