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Originally Posted by glend
I love my big dobs but they are a pain (in the back) when it comes to travelling, and they take up massive amounts of room in my vehicle. I am looking for a good travel scope that I can take on the road, maybe on longer touring trips to remote parts of Australia, as opposed to astro camps where the big dob would go. What are the choices?
I quick Goggle finds the Celestron 70 Travel Scope as one example. Ideally I'd like a scope that does not require collimation every time I get it out of the vehicle (like a collapsible dob would), has a limiting magnitude of at least 11 or more  , and doesn't take up much room. What are people using? Have you travelled Australia with a scope, and have views on this? Let me know.
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G'Day,
I use a Celestron NexStar 6" SE. It's a little beauty, compact, light easily aligned and very good optically. Recently I took it with me on a caravan trip to Queensland. On the way we stopped at Siding Spring. A friend works/lives there. It took me 5 minutes to set up and align in a pitch dark night and what a view of the sky!
Cheers,
John
