Guest Turtleboy Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) Well I braved the snow and ice and went to pick up my new (to me anyhow) and first telescope. Aint she a beauty. Can't wait for the skies to clear to give her a whirl. Appologies to everyone in advance for the weeks of cloud cover which will now no doubt follow. Edited January 20, 2013 by Turtleboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Very nice, congrats. Lets hope you don't contract aperture fever too quickly-it's quite a serious disease! Looks like a beauty you have there. Here's to clear skies so you can get outside and try it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Turtleboy Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Thanks Felix but I fear there is no hope for me. I've aready been looking at 12" Dobsonians. Luckily I'm only limited by finaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Turtleboy Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Does looking over the back field in daylight count as first light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Well you can use them for spotting (so maybe). That'll be awesome on planets and lunar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T A WOW Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Congrats. Nice looking scope. Sounds like you've got aperture fever already lol. At least we know who to blame for weeks of clouds now. Lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roblynmouth Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Ok, so for the newbie what have you got, and what do you aim to do with it (Planets, DSO's) Have to say it certainly looks lean and mean, I mean can you see Neptune with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Turtleboy Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Ok, so for the newbie what have you got, and what do you aim to do with it (Planets, DSO's) Have to say it certainly looks lean and mean, I mean can you see Neptune with it? Hi Rob. It's a Celestron Nextar 4" Mak with the motorised Goto mount. Hopefully will be great for planets and some of the brighter DSO's. As for whether I can see Neptune, It's my first scope so I'm not even sure if I can find the moon yet. It should be capable of some basic photography but at this stage it's more just to see what's out there and get a taster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Looks the part Martin, it looks very sleek indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Very nice Martin, and yes you will be able to see Uranus and Neptune. They show a definite disc with unmistakable colour. If I remember correctly, Uranus is a pale green and Neptune a powder blue. I don't think they are well placed for seeing at the moment though. However, Jupiter is very nice, but Saturn is about in the early hours, and that will really do it for you. If you don't already have it, download Stellarium, it's very useful free software. You can use it to see what is around and when, or use the search function (F3) for specific objects. http://www.stellarium.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Turtleboy Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Very nice Martin, and yes you will be able to see Uranus and Neptune. They show a definite disc with unmistakable colour. If I remember correctly, Uranus is a pale green and Neptune a powder blue. I don't think they are well placed for seeing at the moment though. However, Jupiter is very nice, but Saturn is about in the early hours, and that will really do it for you. If you don't already have it, download Stellarium, it's very useful free software. You can use it to see what is around and when, or use the search function (F3) for specific objects. http://www.stellarium.org/ Cheers Martyn Already got Srellarium. All I'm missing now is a clear night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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