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Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:00 pm
by Goatbasket
I’ve been interested in the night sky from a young age and as a teenager I tried and failed to build my own 8” reflector. Now 60 years on I decided to at long last scratch the itch and bought a Skywatcher 127 Mak on a WiFi alt-az mount. Getting on quite well with it, though I do have some questions to ask. Good to be here, thanks for having me.
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:14 pm
by messier 111
to
tss .
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:40 pm
by helicon
Hello Goatbasket and Welcome to the Forums.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:44 pm
by KingNothing13
Welcome to TSS, Goat!
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:07 pm
by turboscrew
Hello from cloudy and rainy Finland, and welcome!
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:21 pm
by Butterfly Maiden
Hello Goatbasket and welcome to the Forum.
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:25 pm
by Gordon
Welcome to
TSS!!!
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:33 pm
by Juno16
Hi GB!
Welcome to TSS!
Sounds like a nice and fun scope/mount to use.
We all have questions. There is a lot involved with our hobby. Looking forward to your experiences with your new scope!
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:02 pm
by Makuser
Hi Goatbasket. It's great to have you join us on here at
TSS and you should have a lot of fun with that new Sky-Watcher 127 Mak telescope. Welcome to the forum Goatbasket and the best of wishes on your astronomy hobby adventures.
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:08 pm
by Bigzmey
Welcome to TSS! Is the mount AZGti?
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:32 pm
by pixelsaurus
Welcome aboard.
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:37 pm
by Goatbasket
Thank you all for such a warm welcome. And yes, my mount is an AZGti.
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:42 pm
by smp
Hi Goatbasket, and welcome here to the Forum!
smp
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:36 pm
by MistrBadgr
Hello Goatbasket!
I look forward to reading your posts.
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:39 pm
by JayTee
Hello and welcome to TSS. Glad you joined us.
Cheers
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:02 pm
by bladekeeper
Hello Goatbasket! Welcom to
TSS and thanks for joining us!
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:27 am
by mikemarotta
Goatbasket wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:00 pm
... tried and failed to build my own 8” reflector. ... bought a Skywatcher 127 Mak on a WiFi alt-az mount.
Well, that was an ambitious project for a lad. I trust that you and the
SW are learning to get along. We are here for you. Just ask your questions. Allow me to recommend that you use the Search in the upper right to find your topics of interest. The backlog here is pretty good and mostly reliable.
The smart mount makes life easier: you spend more time look at things, instead of looking for them! What have you see so far?
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 6:31 am
by Richard
Welcome to TSS
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 7:35 am
by Peter802
Hello.
Welcome to the forum.
Enjoy.
Re: Hello from a very cloudy UK
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 8:08 am
by Goatbasket
The very first objects I saw through the telescope were Jupiter and Saturn. Fortunately I have a reasonably clear view to the south down to about 10 degrees. The moon of course looks spectacular and I’ve searched out a few of the easier doubles like Albireo. It’s Bortle 6-7 here so some of the fainter objects are tricky. M31 is just visible and I have yet to identify Uranus.