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Hi guys, thought I'd drop in here, I'm new from Melbourne too (south east). Just looking out in the skies tonight for this gas thing happening. Been clouded over last night and tonight is no better but looking to the south there is definate light activity in the skies. If only those clouds would clear. Going to set the alarm and get up in a few hours.
Just gone to look again and it's gone now. It was there 15 minutes ago, like a sunset behind the clouds almost but it's midnight here.
Few weeks ago I caught a glimpse of what I thought was a shooting star only I knew it wasn't because it was so large and bright. Read in the paper it was some space junk of sorts. sorry I'm not up with all the terminology. I've always been fascinated by astronomy and really want to get a telescope. We have a great viewing area from this house even though we are in the city.
Michelle
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Hi Michelle!
to the IceInSpace forums
How did you hear about us?
What type of telescope are you after? If you read the thread Ken started (as he suggested) in the Equipment forum, there's a good discussion there about some different telescopes for beginners.
It really depends on your budget, what you want to use it for, how portable you need it to be, your experience with telescopes, whether you want to starhop or use computerised GOTO controllers, etc.
You'll get all the advice you need from the many experienced and/or enthusiastic folk around here, so please don't hesitate to ask as many questions as you need to. It's the best and quickest way to get over the (sometimes steep) learning curve.