Hi all. I've just bought a new 12" collapsable skywatcher dob and thought I'd finally say hello.
I've had a two nights of dark clear skies so far and it's been amazing. The scope so far has been pretty well collimated (even after about a total of 300km of driving) so i haven't bothered to try collimating it myself yet. I live in Perth but i'm pretty fortunate in that my parents and my in-laws both live in nearby country towns.
My first object was Jupiter, then the Orion Nebula, the Tarantula Nebula, some nebula near orion's belt, and 47 Tuc. I've printed out some sky maps and am looking forward to checking out some more stuff.
I'm very happy with my scope, but i wouldn't recommend a 12" if you're not into the heavy lifting
