Hi All!
Firstly I would like to extend in advance my apologies for my terrible English (unfortunately not my first language). Since moved in Australia in 2006 I'm still fighting to get my level of English a bit better than what learned at school.
I always been really interested about the deep space and all this marvellous pictures of planets, stars, nebulas, galaxies... so suddenly I've decided to improve my limited human eyes with the help of a telescope.
I went through several articles while browsing internet and my telescope choice was a newtonian reflector. I don't know if that was the right decision to make but it seems to me a good equipment for a beginner.
So today I bought a Bintel BT-150EQ Deluxe Telescope (150mm parabolic primary mirror with a 750mm focal length) which come with 3 good eyepieces 25mm, 15mm and 9mm and a quite stable German Equatorial Mount (
https://www.bintelshop.com.au).
I just did my first try few hours ago from my small backyard, but living close to the city doesn't help at all. The number of stars viewable is, I assume, drastically reduced due to the lights from the city. However it was quite exciting to calibrate the finderscope and learn hot to use the equatorial mount (I know is nothing of special but I had good time).
My question is what should I expect to see looking at the sky with a small equipment like mine?
I'm sure that pointing the scope to the moon will be a great experience but... can I raise my expectations to something more deeper than that or is preferable to leave this for when I'll get a better telescope?
Any input is more than welcome., thanks a lot!
Cristiano.