I live in Sydney's west (St Clair) and am an absolute noob to astronomy. Just wanted to pop by and say Hi, at the moment I don't have much to contribute, but have been making good use of the sites search facility.
It has been a life long dream of mine to own a telescope and at almost 50 have just bought and 8" Newtonian (Bresser NT-203 with EXOS 2 goto mount). I am looking forward to learning astronomy and how to use my telescope. As a very keen amature landscape photographer I am looking forward to combining these two hobbies, although at this point I will just be happy to learn polar alignment and get a glimpse of Saturn & Jupiter
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If anyone has any tips on good website or books for noobs, it would be very much appreciated.