Orion Optics..?

if youve only just learned what type of scope you have, then you have so much more to learn. That scope will do you for years. Its very tempting to buy a scope and in a year or so buy a bigger and better one. to save yourself money in the long run id advise you to learn as much as possible from the scope you have before upgrading. That scope has enough scope ( pardon the pun!, is that even a pun?) to keep teaching you things for many years.

Every time i get apature fever i just remember that im not near using my current 6" to its full potential and that if i learn to use this one properly, imagine how much more useful a bigger one will be when i finally get it.

No race car driver learned to drive in a formula 1 car, they all started off in a small regular car like everyone else and moved up through the various levels such as formula kart racing, formula ford, formula 2000, until finally they became particularly good and warranted being allowed drive an F1 car ( i know its a silly analogy but it illustrates my point).

One step at a time my friend.

Thanks chaps....i knew it was an orion" alrite just didnt know the model till jeff gave my the info, ye you have a good point there about learning astronomy is something you will learn for the rest of your live...at the moment visual is my thing havnt really thought about photography but some of the pics people have are unreal

My scope is long and black and weighs about the same as a small sheep................that's all i know about mine.

I've seen the moon (kinda hard to miss unless your name is Tony), M42 and Mars (badly).

Think i have a few more yrs yet of getting to know my scope.

:lol: think thats a dig at my apollo line.......!!

Upgrading from an 8" to a 9.25" ?? a waste of time if you ask me.
If you're going to upgrade make it a decent jump in aperture.

I suppose it aint much of a jump....in that case il hold out for some thing better...is celestron the best make?