The Liverpool Astronomical Society

Hi Luke, we have not set the dates for the Star Parties as yet but we have some Sidewalk events in the new year here is a link to show you where and whenhttp://www.angelfire.com/pokemon2/pirsig/sidewalk.html
cheers
Brendan

Hi all am new to forums  so if this ends up in the wrong i sorry lol just saying hi and hope to see you all at up and coming star partys so could anyone tell me is there any dates set for this thankyou

thx for looking @ my scope you guys, impressive set up you have down there and a friendly "atmosphere"..if you pardon the astronomical pun.thanks for the coffee too will definately be joining cyas on friday

aww splendid brendan thanks .
 il come down tomorrow.
I got the skywatcher 300p in the end, hope it will fit in the back of the rangey
cya tomorra
cheers

Hi Vincent, which scope did you buy in the end. the Cheshire collimator should suffice but again bring the scope with you up to Pex and someone will show you how to do it we have a cheshire and can do it for you.
cheers
Brendan

hi
 after just getting me new scope im wondering which tool do do it with cheshire? laser? and the cheapest place to buy one.
im drifting towards the basic sight scope pinhole/cheshire type as ive been reading that laser collimators also ironically can require collimating, and i dont wanna have to make/buy a thing to rest my laser on to test its collimation...like the oozalum bird i dont want to dissapear up my own backside.
any thoughts or suggestions greatrly appreciated

hi mike
i was thinking of goin to pex hill myself and takin me little lad too , i got transport  its only 12 miles away or so.
guess il be going on wednesday if its not cloudy or rainy, thanks for the offer of a lift.
 maybe cya there

Ty for your replys Guys.

Hey vincent, You been to pex Hill yet? Im thinking of going up in a week or 2.

I do have transport but ive been told its quite hard to get to.
If you dont drive and would like a lift up there sometime its no problem ;-)

I think as Brendon points out, I need to observe other telescopes before I make the leap. I am prepared to spend more money if needed on better equipment. However, Surley there is no better way than coming to Pex Hill to see for myself.

Ive been causing quite alot of interest from alot of my fellow electricians at work so hopefully there should be another 4/5 members joining (as well as myself).

As always guys, ty for your time its very much appreciated....

See you soon and take care ;-)

Hi Michael, for imaging you will need to spend a lot of money    you can get some half decent images from a Driven telescope.
For deep space observing you need large aperture, bigger the mirror the more photons you can grab personally i would always go for a Dobsonian but these are not so good for imaging. call up to Pex Hill and we can show you various setups.
Brendan

hi mike , im not too far from you in kirkdale.
this "what scope to buy" is a pain isnt it :/
im pretty much a noob @ astronomy too and have just gotten onto my 2nd scope.
heres some considerations i found important.
have you got transportation ? sometimes  you wanna get out to those really dark places.
do you think your gonna use the scope maybe 5 times then put it away and forget about it ? if so dont get an expensive one,
its kinda a vicious circle tho the crapper the scope you get the less likely to use it i find anyway.

most of the stunning images we see in magazines are a result of time exposed photo's not really what you will see through the lens , ive never tried astrophotography tho, but for this im sure you need a scope which tracks the movement of the obkect otherwise your exposure is streaky.
for 200 quid you could get a cheap goto scope, altho they need to be in the right position first before this is useful, and if you know enough to setup a goto scope correctly then you may as well learn the stars imho.
it seems scopes with elecronic wizadry pay closer attention[at least in the cheap end] to the electronic wizzadry than the optics.
for the £200 quid mark id probably get one of these
http://www.telescopeplanet.co.uk/ViewProdDetails.asp?prod_code=PON07I000031

then again...what do i know 
ps for any noobs like me this is a great program to learn the stars from and find stuff in the night sky
http://www.stellarium.org/
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.