starry night Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Good evening all, just wanted to say hello as joined today. Based in Penn (just outside Wolverhampton).Bought my wife a Skywatcher Sk1309 eq2 for xmas and we set it up today. We were able to get a good view of the moon and some craters etc and very pleased apart from the mount which will not hold the scope up I will post about the mount in another section. Hope to chat to you all at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hi Starry Night and welcome to the forum.Shame about your mount letting you down but this is all part of the wonders of observing. I'm sure it's something straight forward so will only be a short term glitch.Wishing you clear skies for the next session.James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hi and welcome to SGL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafman Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hello and welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightfisher Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 hello and welcome to sgl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobbytate Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hi and welcome from me to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brantuk Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hi Starry Night and welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simms Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hi!! I am new and still researching my Telescopes before making my first purchase - however I am having a blast with a pair of 15x70 Binoculars - amazed at what I can see with those - very excited about getting a decent scope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hi and welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewok Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hello Starry Night. Good luck with your kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Hello and welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan of Borg Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Hello and welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave S Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Welcome to the forum.Dave... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Welcome from Brisbane.JohnH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 hi welcome to sgl from bedfordshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizibilder Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Hello Starry Night and welcome to SGL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Senior Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hi Starry Night, welcome to the Lounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherr03 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hi welcome to SLG. Your not far from me. I think there is a black country club somewhere on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saata Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hi Starry Night, welcome to SGL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd8137 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 hello starry night and welcome,hope you get the mount sorted pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Welcome to the forum.Good to hear you have already had some nice views with the scope. We'll certainly give loads of advice on a possible upgrade for the mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamespels Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Hi Starry Night - welcome and good luck with your mount! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza666 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Hi and welcome to SGL From a Noob Hope to hear about your setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowjet Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Hi Starry Night, a warm welcome to the SGL forum.John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starry night Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Thank you all for the welcomes seem to have got the mount sorted by doing balancing again (all the bolts/clutches?) keep going loose no matter how many times one tightens them) but ok for now. Wierd thing happens now there is a large dust cover on the front when I remove that I can't see anything but when I leave the large cover on and only remove the small cover built inside it I can see fine, wierd! Also about mounts I found one on e bay called supa-trak alt azimuth mount but not sure if my scope will fit it so maybe better not to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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