PLEASE HELP!

[nobbytate]

Hi and welcome to the lounge

[Pete Presland]

hi welcome to sgl from bedfordshire

enjoy the skies worry about the rest of it ,if you want too at a later date

[astrobase1]

Hello Miss Clio

A warm welcome from me

Good advice about binos and Turn Left

Also consider the Philips Astro Box (northern hemisphere)

It includes several very good books , starmaps and

a planisphere (circular map of the sky that tells you what stars are where any day of the year )

Happy learning and most of all enjoy

[brantuk]

The main thing I would say is patience. This is a hobby that takes time and you'll have plenty of that between good viewing moments to learn all you need.

The weather puts you on hold most of the time and you need to be flexible enough to "up and out" when the "seeing" is good.

Some objects only appear for a limited time once per year. So expect to spend several years building up a portfolio of stuff observed or imaged.

The rewards are great though once you've bagged that elusive object, or finally cracked that image you allways wanted. Just keep reminding yourself the stars have been around for 14 billion years and will allways be there tomorrow

[Capricorn]

Previous post mentioned problems following Astronomy for Dummies. Roy has put this link on another thread which may be of use.

Ebooks Free Download

Say there are several Astronomy ones in pdf form. One may be useful.

[SeedyF]

Hello and welcome from me too

You dont need to know all the technical stuff to enjoy astronomy. Just learn to use a star map or stellarium and enjoy finding and looking at stuff. There's a lot up there to marvel at.

[glowjet]

Hi Clio,

A very warm welcome to SGL, enjoy your evening out, and I hope you enjoy the forum.

John.

[E621Keith]

Hi MissClio

Welcome to SGL and welcome to astronomy as a hobby, don't worry, everyone has to start somewhere. I agree with everyone here, get some books and a pair of 7x50 or 10x50. Also I'd recommend getting a planisphere. It's a disk shape star map with a circular star map on the base and a mask with a cut out on top. By turning the mask to the corresponding time and date, the planisphere will show you what is in the sky at that particular moment in time.

Hope you enjoy astronomy

Keith

[mark7331]

Hello MissCleo, welcome to SGL