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06-07-2005, 01:09 PM
Hi guys, just wondering what you guys would recomend...
I am not selling my dob (tho I'll trade it in on a 10"-12" tho ;)). What I am after is and f5-6 refractor (so we aer talking an objective lens of about 80mm-90mm) to be my grab and go scope to take on family outings and such.
as things stand now, If for example I go to my mothers place in port stephens and I take the family I cant take my scope... I have considered roping Bec to the roof but I dont think Cheryl would allow it.
I have a very limited budget for this and would consider $400 to be extravagant (but may consider it)... I'll gladly go second hand tho. I saw some on ebay but I am somewhat doubious of thier quality (will they break if I drop them). something that attaches to a camera tripod is fine.
I looked on andrews and they have a skywatcher 80x400 which is ideal in size but its $500... pushing it a bit too far. anyone got one of these? any good?
I am not selling my dob (tho I'll trade it in on a 10"-12" tho ;)). What I am after is and f5-6 refractor (so we aer talking an objective lens of about 80mm-90mm) to be my grab and go scope to take on family outings and such.
as things stand now, If for example I go to my mothers place in port stephens and I take the family I cant take my scope... I have considered roping Bec to the roof but I dont think Cheryl would allow it.
I have a very limited budget for this and would consider $400 to be extravagant (but may consider it)... I'll gladly go second hand tho. I saw some on ebay but I am somewhat doubious of thier quality (will they break if I drop them). something that attaches to a camera tripod is fine.
I looked on andrews and they have a skywatcher 80x400 which is ideal in size but its $500... pushing it a bit too far. anyone got one of these? any good?