Im so excited!!

[steveangel]

Just took delivery of my very first telescope! I splashed out on a celstron nexstar 6se and o what a beautiful piece of equipment it is. Iv only ever seen pictures on the internet and now its here in front of me and i cant wait to get out observing!

But, the skies are white! Complete cloud cover and forecasts of rain for the next week! The joys of an english summer!!!

[yesyes]

Ah, so it's you who's responsible for the recent cloud... ;-))

I hope you're enjoying your new scope once the clouds have disappeared....

[richbyers]

haha yep it figures, youl have to sit and wait for a month till it gets better now

rich

[Steve C]

Always the way, its exponential you know, the more dosh you spend on astro kit the longer it stays cloudy!!

[Midpoint]

I also opted for a 6se for my first telescope as well. So far, I've found it a great little scope so I really hope you get the chance to enjoy it soon!

[brantuk]

Smashing scope - enjoy

[steveangel]

thanks guys, iv had it just over an hour and its killing me! why cant it be dark all dday everyday! lol

[Astro_Baby]

Never mind - theres always next year

Seriously though - nice scope and I am sure you will love it.

[Midpoint]

One thing I learnt about the mount for the 6se is that it really chews through AA batteries if that's how you were planning to power it. When the batteries start to run low, rather than powering down, it just starts to behave a bit oddly (hand set resetting and over shooting goto targets) so the first thing I purchased was a power tank.

[davy999]

Great scope, I currently have one and think its tops, especially for a beginner like me.

[Teddy]

Nice scope indeed.

It's not all your fault as I got a first scope on sat , since then it's been cloudy...... It's so not fair.

Anyway can't stop .. Off to invent a sky Hoover

[red dwalf]

nice purchase,

i have one on a eq mount and it`s a great bit of kit, very easy to handle i fine and set up.

have fun

Rob

[tarqs101]

Lovely 'scope mate!!

[steveangel]

Cheers guys, i managed to get a cheap 17ah power tank from maplins for the scope. Bargain at only £25, much more reasonable than the celestron tank which is like £140, and it does exactly the same job!

On offer utill the 10th August if anyone's interested.

[Bigfootffk]

A couple of us have got new scopes this week, so clouds for a while, thanks for the tank info.

[kris h]

Nice scope mate

hope you get clear skies soon

[Talitha]

That's great! I hope your sky clears soon.

[yeti monster]

I suppose it is better that you all get your new scopes in the summer, so that the cloeds may have scooted orft by Autumn, it is also best to buy them whilst I am out of the country, to help ensure clear skies when I am home, so thanks guys, enjoy (when the time comes).