Hi All

[Space_Lord]

Hello everyone. I picked up my first telescope (8 inch Dobsonian) on saturday from Bintel in Melbourne and the skies have not cleared since so i am hanging out for a clear night.

[astroron]

:hi:Darryl and :welcome: I hope you have many happy hours with your scope in the future:thumbsup:

[mental4astro]

Hi Darryl,

:welcome: to the occult world of astronomy, :wink2: . A new 8" dob equals 8 weeks of cloud. Gee, they're gonna love you down there!! :lol:

Oh, and who here in Sydney bought a new 16"? :P

Congrats on the new scope!

[adman]

Well - on that scale, someone in Brisbane took delivery of a 30-40 incher sometime early last year....:mad2:

Darryl - this has been one of the wettest years on record - so its almost a dead certainty that it it can only get better from here! So, Welcome - there's lots to learn - and what better time to do it than when it's p'ing down.

Adam

[ballaratdragons]

Hi Darryl.

Welcome to the start of the money pit :lol:

If you ever want to come and use your scope at a comfortable safe dark sky site, you are welcome to come up here and use our club site at Snake Valley.
We are only about 45 mins from Geelong. :thumbsup:

I live on site so any time is cool :)

[barx1963]

I live in Colac so I was wondering who had caused the clouds down this way!!:P:lol:
Congrats on the 8", its a fantastic scope to start off with and you will see heaps. Geelong has an astro club, here their website http://home.vicnet.net.au/~asog/

Snake valley is also fantastic, they are having a camp in March.

Malcolm

[Space_Lord]

[QUOTE=ballaratdragons;675006]Hi Darryl.

Welcome to the start of the money pit :lol:

If you ever want to come and use your scope at a comfortable safe dark sky site, you are welcome to come up here and use our club site at Snake Valley.
We are only about 45 mins from Geelong. :thumbsup:

I live on site so any time is cool :)[/QUOTE
I might have to take you up on that offer.
Thanks for all the replies.

[[1ponders]]

:hi: and :welcome: Darryl. I hope it clears soon for you, you won't regret getting an 8" Dob, they are a fantastic little scope.

Well I don't know about early last year but I could be held responsible for some, just some, of the past fortnights rainfall.:ashamed::whistle:
:o

:rundog:

[Liz]

Congrats Darryl!! 8" Dob was my first good scope, and had it for years, and saw a huge array of wonderful targets. :thumbsup:

Alas, I think we have to blame the aussie $$ - I think 1000s of people along the eastern seaboard have bought a huge amount of astronomical gear. Its true!! I still have 4 EPs and a snazzy new finderscope that I have been unable to use.

Skies will clear though Darryl, enjoy. :D

[erick]

Good scope, Darryl! Enjoy!

[Ric]

Hi Darryl

Welcome to IIS, this is the place to be while your waiting for the skies to clear.

Cheers

[morls]

Hi Darryl,

I'm starting out too, got an 8" dob last year....you'll have a great time once the skies clear

Stephen