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Old 15-08-2019, 07:00 PM
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Don't see a problem … a microscope that goes to 600X and a telescope that goes to 40X. Sounds like good sound marketing.
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Old 15-08-2019, 07:04 PM
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Doesn’t look like a reflector to me, but I don’t see anything else other than a waste of $29 😆
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Old 15-08-2019, 07:07 PM
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Price ....Should be $2.90

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Old 15-08-2019, 07:11 PM
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Focus length rather focal.


Its mm not MM. "Both MM and M are used for million. The MM is used widely in the oil and gas business; it stands for "a thousand thousands".
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https://www.quora.com/What-should-be...illion-M-or-MM



At its 20x/30X/40X rather than the hundreds.


I'm annoyed I missed reflector on the box!


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Old 15-08-2019, 07:25 PM
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The scope is a refractor NOT a Reflector !!
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Old 15-08-2019, 07:55 PM
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Quora is not an authority on anything. Just because something is popular does not mean it’s correct - starting with old-wives tales and urban myths.

Google “SI units” to find the correct definition.

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Old 15-08-2019, 08:27 PM
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Dosen't have a warning sticker saying It'll fall to bits in 6 weeks after warranty, and you will be addicted for life looking for a good one..spending astronomical amounts on e.g. Tak Abbes etc.
Can't see a sun warning either..prob comes with a cheap $2 sun filter so the poor B----- purchaser will go Blind!
Reflector?focus length?
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Old 16-08-2019, 06:06 AM
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Wow, the scope has a built in compass!!!
How utterly revolutionary and awesome, the bonus tripod is getting to just showing off levels.
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Old 16-08-2019, 06:14 AM
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I think we've covered this one
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Old 16-08-2019, 07:30 AM
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When are you painting them Tak green Lewis?

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Old 16-08-2019, 07:38 AM
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I had thought about remarking on the fact that the "reflector telescope" could have a mirror diagonal but I then considered that it'll most likely be a prism anyway
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Old 16-08-2019, 08:18 AM
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When it warms up otherwise I’ll have crackle effects
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Old 16-08-2019, 08:19 AM
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What a tacky attack .
Indeed. Andrew has no tak-t
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Old 16-08-2019, 08:20 AM
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I had thought about remarking on the fact that the "reflector telescope" could have a mirror diagonal but I then considered that it'll most likely be a prism anyway
More likely a strip of alfoil held at a roughly 45 degree angle. Maybe.
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Old 16-08-2019, 08:31 AM
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Indeed, Andrew's sharp as a tak
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Old 16-08-2019, 08:35 AM
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More likely a strip of alfoil held at a roughly 45 degree angle. Maybe.
That's a mirror!
It is a reflecting telescope after all haha
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30mm aperture

most of us have finderscopes with more aperture


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