Upgrading -And so it begins....Absolute Beginner !!

[MrWombles]

Hi everybody !

First of all - thankyou to all who write on these message boards as it has helped me greatly:thanx:. I'd just like to share something that I'm sure a lot of you have experienced - Upgrading the scope.

The story begins with a Celestron Nexstar C8 (The very first !!) being my initial purchase. I always wanted a BIG scope because you see things better - Right??..mmm..(Big learning curve.

After going outside last week in what was the ONLY clear night in the last 2 weeks - I got to play with my new scope. Things I learnt in the first night were

1. How to collimate...not as bad as I thought - (ended up buying Bob's knobs over the net that night !!)
2. Dew..After things were going a bit blurry, I looked at the front lens and it looked like an elephant sneezed on it !! (Have ordered Kendrick Dew Heater controller - bands etc etc)
3. Focusing - Back - forward - back - forward -back - ah !! got it (Have now ordered feather touch)
4. Image shaking like crazy !! (Found that the mount if VERY average..upgrading mount very soon to EQ mount)

So overall - I have been drawn in. And the money is going on improvements (Upgrades !!) already - and this is only after having the scope for 2 weeks !!
Oh dear...what have I done...:screwy:

Cheers !!

[Suzy]

:lol: Welcome to our world! :rolleyes: don't bother closing your wallet, just a waste of time :P After last night in the cold, I now need a thermos (I'm sure that's a need :D). And also a pair of gloves as my hands got frozen. The list just grows. Whenever I think I'm done... I'm so not :screwy:. But you know what, it's fun isn't it?!

[RB]

Welcome to the money pit MrWombles. :sadeyes:


LOL that's too funny....true....but funny.

:)

[Liz]

:lol::lol: another join the club. There is always something tempting to buy. ;)
Well, done on ther collimation!! I am hopeless at it, despite a multitude of wonderful advice. :help:

[big_dav_2001]

Hahaha... Another victim of 'The astro-gear black hole'... http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=60901
Most of us have been there, done that, many of us are STILL there doing that....hahaha

Davin
:cheers:

Lmao

[Liz]

therein lies the problem ... we are still doing it ... how can we stop????

[that_guy]

you know what you have to do? live on a instant noodle and baked beans diet and buy nothing but homebrand and other generic products... that way you have money($$$)... thats what i would do ;)