Great! I have my fingers crossed that family, work, weather, health, blizzards and general stuff does not prevent me from being there Fri evening June 15! Come on over - you're half way there already!!
Sounds great, looking forward to it, whats a good time to show up, and I'm guessing the address is on the website?
hi GJ, and welcome aboard. nice to see such enthusiasm
Thankyou, Considering I'm still working on a way to travel to space, I figured this would be a good stepping stone... anyone got a spare 300 million $$$ to help build a space shuttle? I have a protractor and compass so Im well and truly on the way.
Thankyou, Considering I'm still working on a way to travel to space, I figured this would be a good stepping stone... anyone got a spare 300 million $$$ to help build a space shuttle? I have a protractor and compass so Im well and truly on the way.
Thankyou, Considering I'm still working on a way to travel to space, I figured this would be a good stepping stone... anyone got a spare 300 million $$$ to help build a space shuttle? I have a protractor and compass so Im well and truly on the way.
and I have a calculator
Our SVAA site is easy to find. We meet about 7pm, but as a 1st timer you may want to arrive in the last bit of daylight to familiarise yourself with the location
I think the 10" is a great setup as you can later get an EQ mount for it that will not cost the mortgage of your house.
In the meantime, now that you have squandered/blown/spent your money on the dog you should think about getting a pair of binoculars, 10x50 will do fine, a planisphere, a red torch and get outside and start learning your way around the sky before your scope arrives.
I spent several years with binocs so when I made the jump to a scope it was not such a brutal learning curve to find things.
GJ, welcome to IIS,
In the meantime, now that you have squandered/blown/spent your money on the dog you should think about getting a pair of binoculars, 10x50 will do fine, a planisphere, a red torch and get outside and start learning your way around the sky before your scope arrives.
Cheers
This is true, My father got a scope and some binos when Hayleys Comet came to visit and since then I have played around with a few budget scopes and charts, He still has the binos that are HUGH, not sure of the specs but they are massive, I might go get them and do what you suggested.
Our SVAA site is easy to find. We meet about 7pm, but as a 1st timer you may want to arrive in the last bit of daylight to familiarise yourself with the location
Thanks for the map, I will do my best to come, sounds like a great place to be.
and I know the direction to Space - can I be the pilot?
Well I'm glad someone knows, I was beginning to think that would be the down fall of the whole operation, you can be pilot in that case, Ken will have to be the science officer due to his calculator, I'll be the cook due to the wicked 2 min noodles I can whip up. Alls that is left is a bird in a cage so we can monitor oxygen levels.
