Hi everyone,
Astronomy newbie here. Just got a
Celestron 90mm Refractor with EQ mount. This one here:
http://yorkoptical.com.au/Home/tabid...4/Default.aspx
This is my first proper scope as I was
previously using an 80s era (or earlier?) hand-me-down 60mm Bushmaster Spacemaster II (which is pretty much a spotting scope for bird watching/shooting!).
Looked like this:
http://www.actionoptics.co.uk/Spacemaster60ED25x.jpg (note, was not ED)
http://www.wildrossendale.co.uk/reso...20+cam4500.JPG
Cut my teeth by looking at Mars, Jupiter and Saturn back around 2001-2003.
Nowadays I use Stellarium to help me out and I've done a small amount of astrophotography with a mate and his Canon EOS 450D/Nikon D90/D300 SLR cameras.
Some samples attached (taken from Avalon/Mona Vale, Sydney):