hello!!!

[my 3 little stars]

hello.

started this last night so am a begginer to say the least.

i have a telescope and just pushed that to one side as i have no idea how to use it.

i downloaded stellarium and managed to it on my balcony and spotted orions belt the seven cluster star, and either aries or jupite, and was so proud of my self and am now hooked!

was wondering if there was any events around im in blackheath london

thanks

amy

[kris h]

Hi Amy welcome to SGL what type of scope have you got

[my 3 little stars]

oh hello, did not think anyone would talk.

its a konig electronic micro telescope

with eyepeices 6mm and 20mm and erecting eyepiece 1.5 magnification

thanks

[my 3 little stars]

hello.

its a konig electronic micro telescope

with eyepieces 6mm and 20mm

and erecting eyepiece 1.5 magnification

thankyou

amy

[kris h]

Sounds good you should get a look at jupiter very easy to find its the brightest object in the sky at the moment

[my 3 little stars]

what eye bits should i use to look at jupiter?

[kris h]

you should use your 6mm ep on planets like jupiter

[Brendan of Borg]

Hello and welcome!

[my 3 little stars]

ok i have a view of the bright star in the sky, not sure if its jupiter, but it has like little black bubbles on it that slowly move away

[my 3 little stars]

lol i think its just specs on the eyepiece. so i just see a grey circle

[brantuk]

I would try and find Jupiter using the 20mm first using Stellarium as a reference to find it. Then once you have it centered try the 6mm to get more detail.

You will recognise jupiter because it has 4 moons spread either side of it that look like little dots of light. There may be 2 each side, or 3-1, or all 4 to one side. Also one may disappear behind the planet so you only see three.

[my 3 little stars]

ok found it with 20mm then put 6mm in and i can see it well but its just grey and i cannot see any moon, is that jupiter???

[nobbytate]

Hello and welcome Amy

[Bizibilder]

Hello Amy and welcome to SGL!!

[li'l john]

hello and welcome from me too.

[Rusty Strings]

Hi and welcome to SGL

[JamesM]

Hi Amy and welcome to the forum.

Clear skies

James

[Mr Spock]

Hello and welcome to SGL

[Doug]

Hi Amy

A warm welcome to the forum

Doug

Essex

[BAZ Senior]

Hi Amy, welcome to the forum.

[my 3 little stars]

hi was wondering if a celestron astro 76 is any good, thinking of buying???

[SwadBaggie]

hi and welcome amy, no idea about the scope soz, i'm sure someone will help soon

[Astro_Baby]

HI and welcome from me too

[SeedyF]

Hello and welcome from me too

I don't know anything about that scope but it might be worth a quick search for it in the equipment section of the forum.

Last night you should have seen two of the moons of jupiter pretty close to the planet and the others slightly further away - I was showing a friends son the view last night.

[MissClio]

Welcome, welcome, welcome, get off my patch! lol