First Light - Oh Wow !

[csb (Craig)]

Thanks Windshift for a charming read.

I joined IIS this year and the atmosphere is very enjoyable and positive.

I'm sure you'll find visiting here to be very rewarding.

I found the home page to be both welcoming and professional, actually visually I find it quite astounding.

Matthew is very a helpful and sincere guy. He certainly keeps upto date with the latest in astronomy gear. Check out the quarterly(?) newsletter at his site.

See you in the forums.

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

Yes, you never forget that first light through yor telescope. Mine was what I now know as M6 and M7 star clusters, viewed through the 60mm Vanex and an eyepiece made from a front lens of a 8mm cine projector. Had a look at them through the 150 newtonian the other night, still look beautiful.

[Louwai (Bryan)]

Originally Posted by Windshift

I have "the sky" from celestron that came with the scope running on laptop
I have Nexstar thingy attached to the scope which is like an electronic go to - just need to know what to tell it to go to.
I have cybersky 4 software and distantsuns 6 and google sky.
so much info and so little knowledge

windshift

Windshift, I'm sure you've found it by now, but, when you have "The Sky" running, you will see little tiny camera icons all over the imitation sky. Click on them. They will show you a photo of the item at that specific point in the sky. It will also give you the catalogue number which you can put into your hand ctrl.