Re: Back into astronomy!

On Sep 27, 12:32 pm, "Colin B." <cbi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Well, I'm certainly excited! After 15 years or so, I'm getting back to the
eyepiece.

I grew up with telescopes in the house--my dad had an old Tasco refractor
(on a rubber-legged mount of course), and a fairly decent 4" reflector. As
I got older, he got a Celestron C8, and then replaced that with a Meade
8" (one of their first generation f/6.3 SCTs).

Now, a bit more than fifteen years after graduating from university, I've
taken the plunge and bought something a bit more powerful than the various
binoculars I've been using over the last decade. Last week I put an order
in for an Antares 8" dob. Apparently Glenn Speers has started to assemble
them in Vancouver rather than sourcing the complete scope from Guan Sheng,
so I guess we'll see what it's like when it arrives.

The scope comes with two eyepieces, 9mm and 32mm plossls. I figure the first
thing to get will be a 2x barlow, giving me a good range of magnifications
from 37x to as-good-as-I-can-hope-for (i.e. ~250x). After that, it'll be
filters, toys, and filling in the gaps. (Then of course, the next scope,
the digital cam, etc. etc.)

Anyways, just feeling pretety pumped about my scope-in-transit, and had to
share it with someone.

Colin

STOP!!!!!!!!!!!! CALL ANTARES AND CANCEL THAT ORDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU DON'T REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO!!!!!

Oh, yes, I know -- "It's just a simple Dob with a couple of
eyepieces."

But look at what you just said: "After that, it'll be filters, toys,
and filling in the gaps. (Then of course, the next scope, the digital
cam, etc. etc.)"

STOP YOURSELF BEFORE YOU START DOWN THE SLIPPERY SLOPE!!!

.

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