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Originally Posted by Scorpius51
Hi Z
Welcome to the Oz Astro community!
Your choice of a Dob scope is sound based on value for money. A 6” is very portable and easy to set up, but I would probably consider an 8” as better value and still easy to setup and transport.
Have you contacted your local Auckland Astronomical Society?
https://www.astronomy.org.nz/
Good luck. |
Heya John, Cheers for the reply and the welcome!
The 6" is right on the edge of my budget at the moment. Id love a 8" but in NZ the scopes seem so much more expensive than Australia for some reason. My initial budget was $300 but its gone up to $500 lol.
The cheapest 6" I can find it $495 and the cheapest 8" is $795. Very tempting though! I think my mrs is going to kill me either way
Cheers for the heads up with the website have sent them an email to see if they know of any 2nd hand ones.
Thanks again,
Z