Gertrude Palmer avatar
Hi All,

New to the forum, have had a life long interest in astronomy along with many other hobbies, I confess to not actually knowing much though, first telescope purchased 6 years ago and had it out for first time in 3 years few nights ago, big gap unfortunately, took a while to remember how it all worked, I have the Evostar 80ED and EQ5 pro mount, with hyperion 5mm 17mm 24mm eyepieces chose these as they seem to work well with glasses.
 
photography and model making are my other main hobbies. 

Cheers
Brian Diaz avatar
Welcome to AstroBin , Gertrude

CS
Brian
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