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28-08-2008, 10:09 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Darwin, Australia
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My First Telescope!
Yay! Today I was given my first telescope from a family member. I posted recently about it been a saxon, turns out we got our wires crossed. Turns out it's a 144/900 Newtonian Reflector, from Ebay of all places. Was never used, so basically it's brand new 
Now i know people say the Ebay ones are bad, but as this is my first scope i am really happy with it. The finderscope needs to be reaimed everytime i use it, but thats my own fault as i need to disassemble it time i finish with it.
First on the agenda will be to build a sturdy case to house it all. then turning my red dot scope into a more reliable finder.
It came with
K10mm and K25mm eye pieces
1.5x Erector
2x Barlow
Sun filter
moon filter
On an EQ1 mount i believe
6x30 finderscope.
No where near as flash as what most of you guys have, but i'm stoked with it
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b.../telescope.jpg
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...telescope1.jpg
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28-08-2008, 10:34 PM
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Geoff
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: South Tacoma NSW
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BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE SUN FILTER.
MANY TYPES THAT SCREW INTO EYE PIECES ARE DANGEROUS AND CAN BLIND YOU.
There are threads on this site that can advise you
Other than that have fun
It looks cool
I hope I'm wrong about the sun filter!
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28-08-2008, 10:38 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Maldon. VIC
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Nick,
congrats on the new telescope, if the 'sun filter' is not of the type the covers the entire objective of your scope (the open end that you point at stuff) throw in into the rubbish bin and read the warnings of the dangers of poor quality filters elsewhere on this forum.
Enjoy. regards,
Greg.
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28-08-2008, 10:39 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Darwin, Australia
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yeah, i already figured that it looked suss. don't plan on staring at the sun for awhile, might wait till i buy a higher quailty scope 
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28-08-2008, 10:45 PM
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I'm bloody serious
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Alice Springs, Northern Territory,...
Posts: 388
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Congratulations Nick. Looks like a nice scope. The Universe awaits you 
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28-08-2008, 10:53 PM
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Geoff
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: South Tacoma NSW
Posts: 571
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Good news, don,t need anymore one eyed astronomers!
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29-08-2008, 01:01 AM
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Newtonian power! Love it!
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Mandurah
Posts: 2,597
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Good work champ the aperature bug will bite you sooon enough
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29-08-2008, 09:06 AM
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Compulsive Tinkerer
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Blue Mountains, NSW
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Get rid of that solar filter!! Otherwise, enjoy
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29-08-2008, 03:38 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Perth WA
Posts: 2,297
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Yep, - looks like a great starting place.
But take what the guys have said about the solar filter seriously. You only get one chance with this sort of thing. Well, - two strictly speaking I suppose  , - but you don't want to go down that path 
Cheers
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29-08-2008, 05:04 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Darwin, Australia
Posts: 71
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yeah, don't worry, i was never planning on using that solar filter
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29-08-2008, 09:10 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Wagga NSW.
Posts: 381
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That scope will be enough to get you hooked and wanting to go bigger. The aperature bug will be biting soon.
Have fun with it and let us know how you go with it and what you see.
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29-08-2008, 09:13 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Darwin, Australia
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can't wait to get outside and use it, problem is we're having a slight problem with the cloud... Plus i think i've finally gotten the whole alignment idea under control
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29-08-2008, 10:24 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Swan Hill
Posts: 7,095
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 Hi there Nick hope you enjoy using your new scope cheers when the dam clouds go away grrrrrrr 
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29-08-2008, 10:53 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Darwin, Australia
Posts: 71
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Thanks Jen, looks like the next few days in vic are out of the question too. I guess it'll give me an excuse to hide in the shed and design a case for the thing.
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29-08-2008, 10:56 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Swan Hill
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29-08-2008, 11:10 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Darwin, Australia
Posts: 71
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hahaha, yeah its not going to be small obviously, want to hold everything, including the EQ mount in it plus room to add extras, and its going to be padded, so it'll take me a bit to get it just right before i even think of making it
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30-08-2008, 05:07 AM
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Mostly Harmless
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cairns
Posts: 1,301
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Looks like you need to set her up for your latitude... Welcome to the sleep deprived club...
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30-08-2008, 07:26 AM
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and mini-Morbius too
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD
Posts: 447
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That's great Nick... you're going to enjoy that.
And it sounds like you've encountered the first law of Astronomy... when you buy new equipment, the clouds roll in.
Enjoy!
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