Intro and advice

[Martin Otten]

Hello Everyone.

It's been a long time since i looked up into the sky's, in fact i went to a few LAS mettings a long time ago, when you used to meet in the Liverpool Museum, well the week before last when we had a few clear skys, i got my telescope out of the loft, set it up in the back yard and enjoyed a couple of hours stargazing with my daughters, don't laugh but the telescope in question is one i got off my parents for my 11th birthday, its a 2" refractor f600, with 20mm, 12.5mm & 4mm 0.9 dia eyepiece's.

My request for advice is i'm looking at getting a new telescope and am thinking of getting one of the Skywatcher EVOSTAR's anyone used one, and what are your opinion on them?

Thanks in advance

Martin

[brendan martin]

Sorry Martin I have not used an Evostar so I cant help you but the reviews seem okay.
cheers
Brendan

[Martin Otten]

Just read through the history of the LAS article, and it mentioned about Dr Patrick Moore's visit in 1990, and I remembered I attended the lecture he did in St Georges Hall and had the pleasure of meeting him beforehand. carn't beleave its nearly 22 years ago, boy time does fly.

[Martin Otten]

I got my new Telescope, it's a massive improvment over my old one, in the end i went for a Celestron Powerseeker 127eq, i am happy with it in general, the scope itself is nice however to keep costs down, their are some components that i will be upgrading in the future namely, finderscope, eyepieces and tripod. hahaha, not much left after that to upgrade, first one is a set of kellnar eyepieces of the wife and kids for christmas.