Beginner finder binoculars

[phillean]

thanks Rob, Ian and Eric

I have taken note of your comments and I have been reading other posts on the IIS and other resources on the net.

Ian

I am not a member, I am interested in finding out more and will try to get there on Thursday. The possibility of hiring sounds good.

Which building is the meeting held in?

phil

[stringscope (Ian)]

Phil,

Sorry I didn't reply to your post before the meeting, but I was in Sydney until Thursday and didn't see it until tonight. Glad you found your way OK anyway.

Cheers,

[BluMoon (Guy)]

Hi Pill and welcome to IIS.

I have recently purchased a 8" Skywatcher dob and paid $447.00 for it.
All I can say is the jump from my bino's to the scope is nothing short of mind blowing!!!

I am really suprised at the ease of use in guiding it (something I was concerned about initially...upside down back to front etc) But it's is definately not an issue,and I would not expect it to be too much trouble for your children.

The best piece of advice I first got on IIS was to stck with the binos for a while and not to jump to a scope straight away.

Firstly you will get to know the sky much more easily.
Second you will have a pair of binos useful for other applications.
Thirdly you will REALLY appreciate the jump to a scope and confidece gained by owning binos will help the process!

Hope this is of help.
Guy

[phillean]

Thanks Guy

I have joined the local astronomy club and hired a 4.25" dobsonian and having some fun with it and also using some planetarium programs on the pc.

Next job is to buy some binoculars and learn more .

Phil

[GrahamL]

Accessories are a huge black hole for money

And it never ends rob

Thats great phil .. as has been mentioned the 8 " dob is a great choice if you go that road.. beside my 10 " an 8 " just looks completely manageable the 10 isn't really very heavy ..just an awkward size to move around .