Hello IIS.
Allow myself to introduce......myself
My name is Al. Ive have had a keen interest in astronomy for about a year now. A year back I started listening to a pod cast called "Astronomy Cast" and I rekindled a childhood love of stargazing. Im sure most of you know it but if not you should give it a listen.
I got my first telescope about a month back, It was a crappy old 60mm refractor on a GEM that I picked up at a garage sale for $50. It was in bad shape but after a bit of work to the mount and a good cleaning of all the lenses it was managable. Good enough to have a look at some star clusters at least.
I just picked up my second telescope on Saturday. An 8 inch dobsonian. We have called him Jeffery.
I had my first look through a real telescope that night. I think I giggled like a little girl for 10 minutes after a quick look at NC4455. OMG this thing is fantastic. The refractor was quickly put away in the wardrobe after that.
I got up at 4am this morning and had my first look at jupiter and I have to say that Im very impressed. I could only make out 2 of the red bands (10mm is the smallest eyepiece) but I could also clearly see 3 maybe 4 of the moons. (wasnt sure of the forth one as its orbit was almost tripple the radius of the other 3)
So anyway, Hi. Nice to meet you all and Im glad to see that there are others who share the same passion.
Cheers
Al
to the forum Al.
