Hello from Somerset

[mark7331]

Hello and welcome to SGL dmahon.

[brantuk]

Hi and welcome to the group

[IvanT]

Welcome to SGL, great bunch here!

[James]

Welcome to SGL from another Somerset resident (Taunton).

James

[dmahon]

Hi and welcome to the forum, binoculars are great and you can learn/see a lot with them.

The binoculars arrived yesterday and the sky was clear so I went out around 22:30. I could make out a lot of detail on the moon and I could also see Juipiter and 3 moons (Io, Europa and Callisto). I thought for a moment that I could see Gannymede, but it was close to Jupiter and unfortunately the binoculars shake around significantly - I suspect that I now need to buy a tripod to make much use of them. I'm also worried that with a standard (cheap) tripod I won't be able to get much elevation and be able to position myself comfortably with the eyepieces.

All this is going to dent my "telescope fund" a little - I'm starting to think I shouldn't have bothered with the binoculars!