[Rob_K]

I reckon you'll have a lot of fun with the telescope. One of the new members in our group bought the same recently, and it's working out to be a great little scope (what am I saying! It's a veritable 'light bucket' compared to mine!). Anyway, you have to be patient, and while your telescope will stay the same, your ability to discern faint objects will become better and better over time - for instance I've now spotted all the available globular clusters up to magnitude 10 (and some fainter) with smaller aperture than yours, but when I started they just weren't there! Moon & planets will be great, and even at the start you'll see all the brighter globulars, galaxies & nebulae. Just don't expect to see deep space images like the photos that get posted in the forums - these are time exposures to bring up brightness & colour. Even the bigger amateur scopes (8-12") don't show them like that - just like you will see them, only brighter. So think black-&-white! And stick to lower magnifications (eyepiece with highest number on it) for your best views. Out of Sale, you should have some great dark sky locations.

Good luck - I know you'll have a ball!

Cheers -