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Old 09-10-2019, 10:53 AM
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World's most beautiful telescope?

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Old 09-10-2019, 11:05 AM
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Seems a Chinese factory had surplus box tube...
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Old 09-10-2019, 11:15 AM
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You can only feel sorry for the poor un-educated mass's out there that buy these____ ! , sad day for astronomy every time some mug pays hard earned cash on something like this ! .

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Old 09-10-2019, 11:22 AM
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That "telescope" is so crap, it would be useless if broken down to its constituent parts.

And old mate asking for $90...
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Old 09-10-2019, 08:23 PM
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Not sure about this one either,

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Old 09-10-2019, 08:53 PM
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At A$42.80 it might be suitable for introducing children to the wonders
awaiting them up there.
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That would make a nice sacrifice to the weather gods...
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Seems a Chinese factory had surplus box tube...
It makes me wonder what shape the stars are ... round in a round tube but .........
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Old 10-10-2019, 08:25 AM
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That would make a nice sacrifice to the weather gods...



Mind you, it's perhaps not PC anymore - - carbon footprint and that sort of stuff.
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