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Originally Posted by mbo
It was a long blab, thanks for letting me get away with it!, it's great when you know that some people are on you're wavelength  . |
Hi Pat and Kirk (and the kids, neighbours, mates and the boat.....)
What a fantastic read, sums up the ups and downs and ins and outs of buying a new scope...beautifully.
Don't worry about the length of the post, I am notorious for waflling on about all manner of things when the mood takes me (all the time)....
I am impressed with just how well you did on the first night of it. I mean, seriously...WOW. You got, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter some clusters, etc etc etc. Don't peak too early now!
One of the things that really helped you a lot giving you outstanding views is that you ended up buying your scope from Bintel whom I know expertly collimate their scopes before you take them home. This is why you got such great results straight out of the box. A great reason to buy from them.
Also impressive is your skills as beginners, even with fatigue riding shotgun. I would be stoked to get such great results from what you guys saw. PLUS having such a great conjunction of planets in the evening sky meant you bought the scope at the best possible time.
With the Sagittarius and Scopius stuff, take a look around 8-10pm STRAIGHT UP and where you see the snakey looking scorpion, look a little east and you will see Sagittarius looking like a teapot (short and stout). If you have the dark skies you should have, you will see with your eyes quite clearly the fuzzy "blobs" of the nebulae and globulars and star clusters that abound in this fabulous area. Target these with your finder and prepare to go OOOOH and AHHHHHHH and COOOOOOL - A LOT!
Keep up the fun posts and keep having a blast. Thanks for such an entertaining read, like Suzy said, take a
breath next time....
Great to have you on board.
Cheers
Chris