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manny

25-06-2007, 07:49 PM

Hi all
The 12" Lightbridge arrived Friday .From the moment it arrived till fully assembled I had a grin from ear to ear :) :) :) :) that even the rain could'nt wipe off (the curse strikes again ).Had to wait till Sunday night for first light and wowww the moon was absolutely awesome then jupiter, magnificent I showed Wanda (my wife ,who made this all possible )and all she could say was wow wow did you see that wow that's incredible wow fantastic. I think collimation may be out a little I used a laser that bintel told Wanda was the easiest method to collimate but I have ordered a cheshire collimator as from reading threads about Collimation it should provide the best collimation correct me if I am mistaken. collimation is like a foreign language at the moment which hopefully will all fall into place soon.In all I am very very happy with this scope :thumbsup: Wanda also bought a shroud for it I am spoiled lol:lol:
Thanks
Manny

Phil

25-06-2007, 08:12 PM

Great stuff manny nice to see you had a good first night. It will only get better.
Phil

wavelandscott

25-06-2007, 09:06 PM

Congratulations on your new scope.

I am sure that you and your wife will get a great deal of enjoyment from it!

Clear Skies!

astro_nutt

25-06-2007, 10:14 PM

And congrats again to you Manny and bless your wonderful wife..and just think..this is only the begining!!!
Cheers!

iceman

26-06-2007, 06:41 AM

A very supportive wife! Congrats! That's worth as much if not more than the scope! :)

Well done!

Ric

27-06-2007, 10:40 PM

Congrats on the Lightbridge Manny, wait until you get a no moon night and you start picking up some nice galaxies.
Your going to love it.

Cheers

spacezebra

30-06-2007, 10:12 AM

Congrats on the LB

Welcome to IIS and the Lightbridge Club

Cheers Petra

astronut

30-06-2007, 03:09 PM

As Petra has said, "Welcome to the Lightbridge side"
If collimating is foreign to you I suggest you try www.andysshotglass.com (http://www.andysshotglass.com) Andy has a very easy to follow video that will clear up your fears of collimation.
If you need any help concerning the scope don't hesitate to ask!!:)

manny

01-07-2007, 08:21 AM

Thanks Astronut I have looked at Andys shotglass site and it is very good I would also add that the video is very easy to understand now all I have to do is keep practicing till I hopefully get it right.Thanks for the offer of asssistance.

Manny

duncan

01-07-2007, 09:02 AM

Congratulations Manny and Wanda. You will have lots of years of enjoyment with the 12".
Cheers:thumbsup: