NW_Expat Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Hi All, Been taking an interest in Astronomy over the last 5-6 months and finally plunged into buying a Bino setup: - Celestron Skymaster 25x100 Binoculars - Celestron pro-finder scope - Manfrotto XPRO fluid video head - Calumet 7800 Geared Tripod - Celestron Nex YZ universal smartphone adapter, in the hope of catching some photos in the future, once I know what I am doing 🙂 Took them out for the first night last night. Saw lots of stars, but didn't spend too much time locating objects. Utilised the hour or so of cloud free skies to get used to using all the equipment. Current forecast is clear skies for a couple of hours or so from 7pm tonight, so hope to jump in the car to a less light polluted area and spend some time searching for some good stuff 🙂 In the meantime I will continue to read up and learn on how to get the best out of exploring the night skies ! +Glafnazur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+seven_legs Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Hi and welcome to the EMS. i think you are doing the right thing by enjoying and exploring the night sky with binoculars. if you haven’t got it I would recommend a book called Turn left at Orion. It’s more focus for telescope users but still a book that should be in any astronomers collection. anyway nice to meet you😊 NW_Expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Hi and welcome to the forum..👍 NW_Expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8472 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Hello and welcome to EMS. NW_Expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckstar Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Hi welcome aboard. Have a good look around and if you have any questions just shout up, someone will have an answer for you. NW_Expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Hi and welcome NW_Expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Welcome 👍 NW_Expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Hi there NW_Expat ! Welcome to EMS 🙂 NW_Expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) Welcome. Youve chosen the best way to get into Astronomy IMHO. Binos, especially the 100mm size are a great way of finding your way around the sky. A good Star Atlas and a guide book are recommended, e.g. Sky and Telescope Star Atlas and Turn Left at Orion. These will give you an idea of what to look for and where to find them. In my old age I am starting to go back to binos, I have a pair of 10x42 Nikons for handheld and the big gun is a binoscope I made from a pair of ED80 telescopes which get me down to some serious magnifications for binos. Edited February 13, 2021 by tuckstar Removed copy info as copied post hidden. NW_Expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 7 hours ago, NW_Expat said: Hi All, Been taking an interest in Astronomy over the last 5-6 months and finally plunged into buying a Bino setup: - Celestron Skymaster 25x100 Binoculars - Celestron pro-finder scope - Manfrotto XPRO fluid video head - Calumet 7800 Geared Tripod - Celestron Nex YZ universal smartphone adapter, in the hope of catching some photos in the future, once I know what I am doing 🙂 Took them out for the first night last night. Saw lots of stars, but didn't spend too much time locating objects. Utilised the hour or so of cloud free skies to get used to using all the equipment. Current forecast is clear skies for a couple of hours or so from 7pm tonight, so hope to jump in the car to a less light polluted area and spend some time searching for some good stuff 🙂 In the meantime I will continue to read up and learn on how to get the best out of exploring the night skies ! Welcome to EMS. NW_Expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Hi, a warm welcome to the group. Those binoculars should keep you happy for a good while, there are a good selection of objects to see with those. The trick is getting to learn your way round the sky and finding them, as mentioned a decent star atlas or a planetarium app such as Stellarium will help. Make yourself at home and let us know how you get on. NW_Expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Hi and welcome on board with EMS 🙂 NW_Expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Hi welcome to the EMS NW_Expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Hello and welcome to the forum. NW_Expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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