John W. Kelly wrote:
What kind of gear do you use if any? I bought a 120mm Orion refractor last July to celebrate the Moon landing. Some of the goodies include a Tele-Vue 4mm EP for lunar viewing, and a couple of Plossl EP's of 10 & 25 mm, and a solar and Moon filter. This set up replaces a well worn Meade 60mm that I still use on occasion.
You've been waiting a while for that celebration, haven't you?
It sounds like a very nice set of kit. Have you been using it much yet?
My own setup is extremely modest: I have a 50mm refractor that my parents gave me when I was a teenager. Living in London, the amount of sodium light going up into the night sky means that viewing conditions are never great anyway. Still, we can see the Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, and of course the Moon quite well, and occasionally Mars. My son (now aged 4) likes the telescope too but doesn't completely have the hang of it yet.