Guest paulsway Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 hellomy name is pauli live in midland GBiam married with 2 kids and 4 grandkidsi just had a gift from work for long service (40 years) and choice was limited from a cataloguethe best scope they had (which i think it was) is bushnell north star 78-8840 with 2 eye pieces 4mm and 25mm i also gotCelestron 1.25" Telescope Eyepiece & Filter Kit from e bay with a 2x barlow len i also got from ebayCelestron X-CEL LX Telescope 3x Barlow Lens - 1.25" fitting - 3 element design, both brand new and a lot cheaper from our shopsi also own a canon 700D camerai am also looking round for somthing that called t mount so i could take pictures of the stars /moons / maybe sunand i dont have a clue what else iam looking for to fit my camera to iti have never done any astronomy before i am just getting to grip with using the scope looking at surrounding areasto get the feel of it all iam using the remote to move the telescopeit maybe a while before i get back here as iam still working long shiftshope to be back very soon maybe with my 1st picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Hi Paul and welcome to EMS. That lot of kit should get you started. Any questions you may have pop a question in the relevant section and somebody will be along shortly with an answer. In the meantime I hope you enjoy the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckstar Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Hi welcome aboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Welcome to EMS Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 welcome to the forum Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Welcome to the forum Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazz Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Hi Paul, welcome to EMS. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Hi Paul welcome to the EMS Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fondofchips Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Hi Paul & welcome to EMS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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