Hello!

[acs1978aus (Drew)]

G'Day all,

Have been doing astronomy for several years now, but still feel like a beginner! Theres so much to know and learn! Have just joined this forum, so just wanted to introduce myself.

Cheers,

Drew

[picklesrules (Nicholas)]

Hey welcome

[Benno85 (Ben)]

Wealth of information here mate, you're in good hands!!

[Paddy (Patrick)]

Hi Drew, and welcome.

Do you have particular interests in astronomy eg visual, imaging, other?

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

Welcome Drew glad to have you onboard

[barx1963 (Malcolm)]

Hey Drew
The more the merrier. Ask questions, state your opininions, tells us about your gear and what you have seen. In no time you will learn heaps.

Malcolm

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

G'day Drew. Look around the site and have fun.

Frank

[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

Welcome to IIS Drew - enjoy yourself here, there's a bunch of very good, and very knowledgeable and helpful people here.

Dave

[slippo74 (Cristiano)]

Welcome Drew!

[PCH (Paul)]

G'day Drew,

welcome aboard. Feel free to ask away

[stephenb (Stephen)]

Welcome Drew!

[acs1978aus (Drew)]

Originally Posted by Paddy

Hi Drew, and welcome.

Do you have particular interests in astronomy eg visual, imaging, other?

Interested in all aspects really.

Have a question. I currently have a 4.5 inch Newtonian. Is it worth upgrading to say an 8 inch on a Dobsonian mount? When you do mainly suburban observing, does this extra aperture make a difference? Any advice would be appreciated.

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Originally Posted by acs1978aus

Interested in all aspects really.

Have a question. I currently have a 4.5 inch Newtonian. Is it worth upgrading to say an 8 inch on a Dobsonian mount? When you do mainly suburban observing, does this extra aperture make a difference? Any advice would be appreciated.

Drew, certainly would - upgrade to the size your budget can handle as well as portability to get to dark sky sights.

[shane.mcneil]

Greetings!