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16 years 3 months ago #56306 by Frank Ryan
Hi Greg.
Welcome.

My goal before the New Year: View Saturn through my Skylux Smile


Let us know how you get on!

My Astrophotography
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Meade ETX-125PE, Bresser 10 x 50 Binos & Me Peepers

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16 years 3 months ago #56330 by paulevans
Welcome Greg!

Saturn's not at its best yet but is a pretty easy catch - if you get up early in the morning! It's currently rising about 2300 and peaking in the south around 0500 - to the naked eye it looks like Regulus has acquired a new twin - through your Skylux (I have one too, from a couple of years back), it will be very obvious which is which!

Good luck!

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16 years 3 months ago #56475 by pj30something
Replied by pj30something on topic Re: Introductions! - Welcome to IrishAstonomy.org!
Hi everybody. This is my 1st post here on IFAS. My name is Paul (you can call me whatever you like) i'm 33 (34 in March) and i live in Killiney (Co. Dublin). My story is the same as many of you in that i started stargazing as a kid using a pair of 7X50 Eikow bins (i still use them).

In the last couple of months my interest in astronomy has flared up almost as much as comet Holmes has, so i decided to invest in a new telescope (i used to have a small reflector scope when i was about 13 yrs old but i sent it to an early grave by taking it apart to clean the inside mirrors). I didnt want to spend a lot of money on my "first scope" and i wanted something that was fairly light to carry. I bought a Celestron 90EQ (been too cloudy to use it much lately so i haven't really given it a good test drive YET).

I am also a member of AI.

Looking forward to getting to know you all and browsing the boards here.

Paul C
My next scope is going to be a Vixen VMC200L Catadioptric OTA

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16 years 3 months ago #56481 by Seanie_Morris
Replied by Seanie_Morris on topic Re: Introductions! - Welcome to IrishAstonomy.org!
Welcome to the Boards Jim (you did say to call you whatever we like!)

Ah no, Welcome along Paul, hope you enjoy your stay here.

Seanie.

Midlands Astronomy Club.
Radio Presenter (Midlands 103), Space Enthusiast, Astronomy Outreach Co-ordinator.
Former IFAS Chairperson and Secretary.

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16 years 3 months ago #56484 by pj30something
Replied by pj30something on topic Re: Introductions! - Welcome to IrishAstonomy.org!
Thanks Seanie. Finally nice to be amongst people with a shared interest....and Irish people at that (It's no good an Australian astronomer telling me to look south just after sunset).

Paul C
My next scope is going to be a Vixen VMC200L Catadioptric OTA

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16 years 3 months ago #56563 by dave_lillis
Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re: Introductions! - Welcome to IrishAstonomy.org!
Hi Paul,
Welcome, we've all had funny "accidents" with scopes over the years, I managed to melt the inside of mine "smoke and all" doing solar projection many many moon ago. :lol:

Dave L. on facebook , See my images in flickr
Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)

Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go. :)
+ 12"LX200, MK67, Meade2045, 4"refractor

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