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Old 19-01-2011, 11:26 AM
crikko (Chris)
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Thanks Liz and Paddy.

The first thing I think I'm going to buy today is a decent compass, all I had last night was the compass from my iPhone, which didn't seem to want to point in the same place twice.

I actually got stellarium last night, and got caught in a trance with it and spent about two hours looking!

Thanks for the links and books, I'll go have a look today.

Whats the best size eyepiece to see the planets with nice and close? I have the 10mm and 25mm that came with the scope. Would I be better off getting a barlow to start with as a cheaper alternative until I can afford some decent ones?

I have a magnified finderscope on mine, which I didn't have too many problems with last night, but I'll have a look at the telrads next pay day.

Thanks for your reply!

-Chris
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