On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:20:33 -0000, Jim Smith wrote:

Do you mean East???


Bloody hell, of course it's east. Sorry guys :-)

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"Karatepe" wrote in message
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All complete nonsense.......... you can enjoy astronomy with just your
eyes........ and things appear "distant" because they are lol.

Well sure sure you can, and the sight of the Milky Way or even just
a full moon glittering on a frosty night is spectacular.
However you can't get 'up close and personal' with astronomy as
you can with meteorology, and ultimately that makes the difference
for me.

Col
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Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.

"nguk" wrote in message
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I just bought a high quality Tasco(?) telescope very expensive, took awhile
to setup aswell.. I got the moon
in view, and looked through the lense and WOW.

I can see every crator on the moon, its as if im in the moons orbit
waiting to land

Aim it on to Saturn and then Jupiter and you'll see several of Jupiter's
moons... Then start looking at other galaxies... Andromeda is lovely - then
go hunt other Messier objects...

"nguk" wrote in message
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I just bought a high quality Tasco(?) telescope very expensive, took awhile
to setup aswell.. I got the moon
in view, and looked through the lense and WOW.

I can see every crator on the moon, its as if im in the moons orbit
waiting to land


You mean crater nguk, but I am only being pedantik :-)

Gavin.

You mean crater nguk, but I am only being pedantik :-)

Gavin.


Typo...

*wink*

TASCO
40-114675
D-114MM
F=900MM

Lenses SR4MM
H20MM
H12.5MM

Barlow Lense 3X


Can see excellent pictures of moon but if you put barlow lense on
doesnt seem to focus , what sort of detail of planets could we
expect to see with this setup?

nguk wrote:
Get Saturn. That's a real WOW object!

Gareth
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Where do i look in relation the moon? to be able to observe
saturn

thanks


Do you have any planetarium software?

Try this: http://stellarium.sourceforge.net/

I use Starry Night 3

http://stellarium.sourceforge.net/

nguk wrote:
Get Saturn. That's a real WOW object!

Gareth
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Where do i look in relation the moon? to be able to observe
saturn

thanks


Do you have any planetarium software?

Try this: http://stellarium.sourceforge.net/

I use Starry Night 3

http://www.download.com/Starry-Night...2.html?tag=dir

Get Saturn. That's a real WOW object!

Gareth
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Where do i look in relation the moon? to be able to observe
saturn



It's right between Gemini and Leo now.


Rises in the East 8 p.m. in London, wait until after then.


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nguk wrote:
I just bought a high quality Tasco(?) telescope very expensive, took awhile
to setup aswell.. I got the moon
in view, and looked through the lense and WOW.

I can see every crator on the moon, its as if im in the moons orbit waiting
to land


there,s a NG on yahoo of people who like to photograph the moon.....its
own fan club...

cool