Hey all,

Since I was a very wee lad I have been OBSESSED with space and the universe. But I have never had a telescope of my own. I finally bought one and am waiting for it to come in the mail.

I went all out and got my self a Orion XT10i. It is a 10" dobsonian with IntelliScope. IntelliScope is a neat thing. It is a handheld device that has over 14,000 objects programmed into it so I can search what I want to look at and it will tell me where to move the telescope.

I also got my self a laser collimator. A padded case to lug the massive thing around. 6 eye pieces and a 2x barlow and 6 filters. I also got a Celestron NexImage 5 Solar System Imager which I can put over top of my eye piece and its a camera that I can plug it into my laptop and take pictures and record video or show everyone what I am looking at I could even do live feeds if I wanted to.

I even got 3 high powered laser pointers that have visible beams at night that are great for pointing out stars and planets to people. All 3 are 1watt or 1000Mw but I got them from a hong kong website so I doubt they are that powerfull I would say they will still be atleast 500mw. I got a green,red and blue laser.

All this put me back about $1700 lol.

If I have you lost just search what is a dobsonian telescope in google lol.

I cant wait for it to come in the mail!!!! Ill post pics when I get it. The thing is a beast something like 56" tall lol

So yah anyone else here have a hobby or career in astronomy?