Oops I've just bought a Telescope!

[craigwend]

You may need to open the curtains ...

 

[cyberknight]

of course we believe you are star gazing

 

[Drago]

Just a word of warning; if you thought cycling could get expensive . . . !

Ain't that the truth! I'm lucky, the subject holds sufficient interest for me that I went and got educated in it, but I've never really been into home observing. I'd probably be bankrupt by now if I were

 

[Alien8]

What? Already on the second page and still no Uranus joke?

 

[Drago]

Its pronounced Ooh-ran-us these days.

 

[Illaveago]

Don't leave it pointing up, it might concentrate the sun's rays and burn your house down..

That almost happened to a car once . The owner came into the garage with strange burn marks tracking across the headlining of his car .
He had left a wall mirror on his back seat in a car park . The position of the mirror and shape of the windows must have been such that it focussed the Sun's rays into a point on the headling.
It was interesting to see how the Sun had tracked across the roof and had shown the times when it was cloudy by leaving gaps .

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Should this be merged with the 'i-spy' thread?

 

[Illaveago]

Should this be merged with the 'i-spy' thread?

Wouldn't that make it a bit difficult guessing ?

 

[simon the viking]

Too much cloud this morning to get anything... set the alarm got out of bed... looked out the window and went straight back to bed..

Looks a bit clearer tonight

 

[Grant Fondo]

The scope is probably ok, but for anything more than the most casual of viewing you'll need an equatorial mount.

Love Drago Farquhar, BSc (planetary studies), MSc (celestial mechanics).

Cosmic dude! I have got a GCE in astronomy, alas i am no Brian(s) Cox or May

 

[Grant Fondo]

Went shopping in Derby in the sales earlier with Little V and Mrs V and our normal practice is to split up and take it in turns to have Little V with us, whilst I was 'going solo' armed with my Christmas work bonus and a bit of Pressie money.. and I was not being inspired by clothes and didn't really need anything cycling related (and the bonus wasn't bike sized) I spotted a telescope in the sales.... after a quick reality check with Mrs V (due to the size of it rather than the cost) I bought it.

I have achieved a lifelong ambition to own a decent (ish) telescope rather than the tiny toy type ones I've had.

Technical spec is 700mm x 76mm Reflector scope, there was a slightly more expensive 900mm Refractor in the frame but opted for the brighter image a reflector gives it comes with 2 different strength eye pieces and a 3X Barlow lens... here it is and please if there are any serious astronomers on cc please dont slag it off too much!

Hope the cloud clears the ISS is coming overhead tomorrow morning.

Edit: it was by the way bought totally on impulse.... This morning the idea wasn't anywhere in my head...

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Reckon you will see some good stuff, but get somewhere v dark! Moons of Jupiter, some good nebulae, try just under Orions belt and the Pleides. Good luck and stay warm

 

[Archie_tect]

Now all you need to do is persuade Mrs V to move to the middle of darkest Northumberland...

 

[numbnuts]

Cloudy nights and light pollution are your enemy, I gave up in the end

 

[Dave7]

What? Already on the second page and still no Uranus joke?

Ha....I was going to say that......
but I couldn't be arsed

 

[Dave7]

@simon the viking . Its something I wish I understood more but never got into. A very interesting and unlimited hobby. I wish you lots of enjoyment with it.
When I had my 500mm f4 lens I got some great moon shots.
What an amazing universe we are a part of.