Hi everyone,
I'm about to make my first scope purchase I think. Wanted to say hi to all the IISers. I've played around with some smaller refractors in my younger years, but going to get an 8 or 10" Dobsonian soon (likely a 10").
I live in the city of Sydney, so not ideal observing conditions - at least nothing like where I grew up where I could see the Milky Way and Magellanic with the naked eye (I spent many happy hours lying in the backyard with my brother's Tasco 8x40 binoculars).
Hoping to do some regular observing and also take any new scope purchase into darker skies on the outskirts of Sydney fairly regularly. Looks like there are some good clubs out of the city to do some observing with.
Now all I need to do is work out which Bintel Dobsonian I'm going to lay money down for
Thanks for the fantastic site, and happy viewing!