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12 years 5 months ago #90734 by peterako
Welcome Will!

Looks like you may have brought some clear skies with you :)

Keep this up and you'll be a very popular forum member!

Some very helpful, friendly and knowledgeable people here.
(I'd be a friendly one rather than knowledgeable one)

Peter

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12 years 5 months ago #90923 by Jabberwocky
Replied by Jabberwocky on topic Re: Introductions! - Welcome to IrishAstronomy.org!
Hello all from Strokestown, Co Roscommon.

Looking for help and advice. Been interested in astronomy since I was a kid and having bought a telescope a couple of years ago (Meade ETX-70AT) and having a few false starts/frustrating attempts at getting the thing to work last night I cracked it (sort of). Must admit I'm not really totally understanding all the functions and just sort of pointed and experimented (which was all well and good but defeating the purpose of the autostar thingumybob).

Anyway, if anyone can give me any advice/simple directions/a smack round the head it's be appreciated. Honestly, the simpler the better. :)

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12 years 5 months ago #90925 by peterako
Welcome!

Loads of very experienced and helpful people here, you've come to the right place :)

As a relative noobie myself I'd be glad to impart the small bits of experience I have!

Just ask!

Not sure what the Meade is (eg... is it GoTo?).

But a first point of call should be stelarium .

It's my first port of call before a night out with the scope!

Clear skies!
Peter

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12 years 5 months ago #90926 by Jabberwocky
Replied by Jabberwocky on topic Re: Introductions! - Welcome to IrishAstronomy.org!
Hi. Yeah it's one of those 'go to' ones. I've had a look and found a decent vid on YouTube which has cleared things a bit. I'm a bit more in tune as to what I should be doing anyway - so I'll have a go tonight (clouds permitting).

There's a great app I have on my iPhone that I've been messing with, it uses the GPS type feature and you just point it at the sky and it shows you exactly what you are seeing.

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12 years 5 months ago #90950 by John_Walshe
Replied by John_Walshe on topic Re: Introductions! - Welcome to IrishAstronomy.org!
Really should move this thread over to beginners forum at this stage.<- Moderator?
Hi Jabberwocky,
I found this site (from Mike Weasney) to be very handy for all things etx70 astronomy.customer.netspace.net.au/default.htm

Enjoy
John

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12 years 2 months ago #92039 by Helios
hello my name is dave,

after viewing this site for a while now i thought id say hi,
i am originally from dublin but moved to Donegal/ leitrim area about ten years ago. The area I live in is as rural as you can get and far away from any of the dreaded dublin light pollution.
My main interests up to now have been mostly armchair astronomy books and books on basic physics/ astrophysics, my practical viewing has mostly being done with binoculars .

my daughter of has recently got interested in the hobble and as such santa brought her a small 76mm telescope for xmass, but the daft bugger didn't do enough research first and the viewing is not great.

so now im hoping he might be able to save up and get us a better one.

after recently becoming unemployed after working for 10 years of night shifts, im finding alot more time for viewing.

we have being trying to find a club near us for a while now but to no avail, so if anybody can point us in the right place it would be appreciated,

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