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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:59:58 +0200, "Jacob Nilsson"
wrote: Yesterday i finally received my first telescope. After much agony and teeth clenching I ordered a 4.5" reflector. It took quite a while to set up, but after an hour and a half I had conviced myself that the telescope in front of me looked sufficiently enough to the one pictured on the package it came in. It was still 7 hours till sundown so I made my way down to the library to pick up my reserved copy of Turn Left of Orion(Thank you Mr. Tonkin, this one will become a part of my collection sometime). As night rolled in i went outside with my newly acquired setup and aligned with Polaris, which wasn't easy. The Starpointer with the red LED dot isn't to my liking. I had to make a rough estimate with it, and fortunately Polaris showed up in my eyepiece. Next stop was Mars, located just above our lovely and very bright streetlamp, and after a while I had it centered with a 20mm wide angle eyepiece. I couldnt make out any detail on the surface with it so i thought to have a try with the 10mm . Unfortunately by the time I had put it in the telescope clouds had rolled in from the west and quickly covered the whole sky. I then spent a while with my dads old 8x20 binoculars, but the clouds kept coming in so i decided to pack it all up and head back inside for the night. I cant wait to get out again when the weather permits it. I only saw so little but im sparked with interest to see more and learn more. A pretty typical start Jacob. Keep at it and the rewards will come to you. Best of luck. -- Pete Homepage at http://www.pbl33.co.uk CCD/digicam astronomy |
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You sound just like me, I recently bought a 4.5inch reflector, my 1st
experiance was just a bit better then yours, but close. But do yourself a favour, find a local astronomy group near you and talk to some of the guys there. I did that here and learned how to setup my equatorial motor drive mount, and also learned the fast and rought way to find south to get the mount setup in the correct direction to follow objects in the sky with the motor drive. What brand is the toy you got ?, mine is called Skywatcher SW450, it's a 900mmx114mm reflector with 3 eye peices 20mm 10mm and 4mm, and a motor drive EQ mount. Cheap unit I guess, $400aus, but I have been having fun every night. |
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First sight.
"Jacob Nilsson" wrote in message k... Yesterday i finally received my first telescope. After much agony and teeth clenching I ordered a 4.5" reflector. It took quite a while to set up, but after an hour and a half I had conviced myself that the telescope in front of me looked sufficiently enough to the one pictured on the package it came in. It was still 7 hours till sundown so I made my way down to the library to pick up my reserved copy of Turn Left of Orion(Thank you Mr. Tonkin, this one will become a part of my collection sometime). As night rolled in i went outside with my newly acquired setup and aligned with Polaris, which wasn't easy. The Starpointer with the red LED dot isn't to my liking. I had to make a rough estimate with it, and fortunately Polaris showed up in my eyepiece. Next stop was Mars, located just above our lovely and very bright streetlamp, and after a while I had it centered with a 20mm wide angle eyepiece. I couldnt make out any detail on the surface with it so i thought to have a try with the 10mm . Unfortunately by the time I had put it in the telescope clouds had rolled in from the west and quickly covered the whole sky. I then spent a while with my dads old 8x20 binoculars, but the clouds kept coming in so i decided to pack it all up and head back inside for the night. I cant wait to get out again when the weather permits it. I only saw so little but im sparked with interest to see more and learn more. Jacob Nilsson Denmark Dont worry, it took me months to actually "see" what i was looking at ! Persiverance is the key, especially with the english weather. R |
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:53:17 +0000 (UTC), "Robert Geake"
wrote: Dont worry, it took me months to actually "see" what i was looking at ! Persiverance is the key, especially with the english weather. Do the Danes import it then? -- Pete Homepage at http://www.pbl33.co.uk CCD/digicam astronomy |
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