Guest theburnschap Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hi all, After pottering around in my back garden and looking up with binos, I finally took the plunge and got myself a cheap starter scope off ebay - Celestron Nexstar 102 GT (used once) and am looking forward to a chilly night tonight - and without tempting fate too much maybe even the odd break in the clouds..... Not sure if I can see our comet from the garden this early in the month - but with a bit of luck I might be able to see it as the weeks progress. theburnschap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hello Mark welcome to EMS. Should be visible tonight if the clouds ever clear. Look towards the moons lower right and it should be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tweedledum Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hi Mark, Welcome to ems pic of where comet is... Download stellarium from here :--- http://www.stellarium.org/ Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T A WOW Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hello. Welcome to EMS. Enjoy the forums.Toby Good luck ccomet hunting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hi and welcome. I hope you skies in coalville are going to be better than mine! If you get a photo i'd love to see it. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Welcome to EMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hi and welcome to EMS Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hi and welcome from me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest devil74 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hi and welcome to EMS. Hope you enjoy the forums...there a great place to start. Damian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hi Mark, a warm welcome to EMS. Congrats on the new scope, I hope you get a bit of clear sky for it. Enjoy the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hi Mark and a warm welcome to EMS Let us know if you fancy getting together for some group observing/imaging sometime - we do meet up as much as possible when the weather allows. Meantime enjoy the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hello and welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hi Mark and welcome from another newbie just down the road in Swannington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Welcome to EMS Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theburnschap Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Lovely cold night out there. Have spent the last two hours watching Jupiter. Definitely took in four moons although I thought I may be able to see a fifth. Wasn't out early enough to see the comet but had a lot of fun. Could clearly see the bands which thrilled me. Problems were - schoolboy error of setting the date wrongly as it is set for month/day/year. I had even read about this today and yet excitedly forgot and could not get the goto to work. Muppet. The star pointer isn't working. Changed the battery and still no joy. Bit of a pain. And on unpacking I also found the battery compartment was missing. Luckily I found a power adapter from an old router that was exactly the spec needed. Great night though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theburnschap Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 And thanks for the kind replies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theburnschap Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I assume my sighting of a fifth moon was probably not one............need to set up software to make sure I see what I think I am seeing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 There are presently around 60-70 confirmed moons around Jupiter (I think) but I doubt you will see any of them, you will only see the largest 4, the "5th" one was probably a background star. Cracking good start though, wait until Saturn returns to our skies at a more reasonable hour, you need to be up around 2:00 am to see it at the moment. That will blow your socks off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrocookie Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Welcome from me too. Also a newbie to the forum! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic dave Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Hello Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusw2 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I seem to recall that the fifth of Jupiter's moons (Amalthea) was discovered from Lick Observatory with a 36" refractor in about 1890, and there are probably only a handful (2-3 dozen) people who have ever seen it visually - ever! So I think I'll agree with the background star conclusion! Angus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theburnschap Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 My 102gt wouldn't catch this level of light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazz Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Hello and welcome to EMS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Hi welcome to the EMS Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harper. Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Hi Mark and welcome to the site, good luck with the new scope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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