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[Chif (Andrew)]

Hey Guys,

I'm Andrew. I live in Adelaide and have been lurking around on this site for a week or so. I've always had an interest in space however have never got into much depth. I'll be looking at buying my first telescope over the next few weeks so am bound to have lots of questions . I look forward to picking your brains.

Thanks for having me,
Andrew

[DavidU (Dave)]

Welcome Andrew ! There's plenty to learn here.

[louie_the_fly (Stew)]

Welcome Andrew. I've been on here for a short time and have found it to be a great source of info. The people seem pretty helpfull. What part of Adelaide?

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Pick away Andrew , there is lots of knowledge here .
( and great people as well ) .
And mate .
Brian.

[Chif (Andrew)]

Thanks Guys,

I live in Glengowrie, louie. It's good because I'm only ten mins away from work, but I don't like living in the city. Once the mrs and I decide to buy a house I think we'll move out a bit.

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Welcome Andrew hope to see you around and read about your discoveries ... wait till you see Saturn through your own scope

[Poita (Peter)]

Make sure you ask lots of questions, and check out the classifieds here, buying 2nd hand from a known person is the way to go I reckon.You can save heaps, or better still, get a much better scope for a given budget. They tend to come with lots of the extra bits you inevitably need as well.

Welcome to the dark side!

[Chif (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by ourkind

Welcome Andrew hope to see you around and read about your discoveries ... wait till you see Saturn through your own scope

Thanks very much. That's one of the things I'm really looking forward to.

Originally Posted by Poita

Make sure you ask lots of questions, and check out the classifieds here, buying 2nd hand from a known person is the way to go I reckon.You can save heaps, or better still, get a much better scope for a given budget. They tend to come with lots of the extra bits you inevitably need as well.

Welcome to the dark side!

I will do, I'm going to start up a thread tonight in regards to what equipment I should get.

Just a forum related question for now, when I'm logged in the threads read with the newest post at the top. Does anyone know how to change this back to the normal setting where the original post is at the top?

[ausastronomer (John Bambury)]

Welcome Andrew,

I hope you get as many years out of the hobby as I have.

Cheers,
John B

[scagman (John)]

Hi Andrews And welcome,

to change the way the posts are displayed, click on "usercp" up the top, then click on "edit options" on the left. there is an option under thread dispaly option.

Cheers.

[Chif (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by scagman

Hi Andrews And welcome,

to change the way the posts are displayed, click on "usercp" up the top, then click on "edit options" on the left. there is an option under thread dispaly option.

Cheers.

Thanks so much John

and thanks all for the welcome.