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Old 21-10-2010, 11:13 PM
buddinseeker (Mike)
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Wanneroo Australia
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Thanks for the info, my son is a very tall for his age 5.

Spent a little time out in Malaga at BOTW and got to see a few actual telescopes. One thing that surprised me was the size of these Dobsonians, their huge, the pictures in magazines do not do them justice. Was a bit cloudy and the sky pretty star free but the very helpful and informative guy in the shop pulled a 10inch outside to give me a little run through driving it. Upclose and personal with the moon and a first ever real life glimpse of Saturn has me very interested.

I guess now I am chewing on 8 or 10 and what accesories might help enhance the experience as a first time user.

The models I am considering is the Skywatcher collapsible Dobsonian. Just to big otherwise. Anything things I should be aware of with these ones, any drawbacks?

Any must have accesories. I believe these scopes come with 2 eye pieces. (high power and low power)

Finally my thanks to BOTW Malaga, they made a beginner feel very welcome and answered all my questions.
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