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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis
I'd love a look through your scope, John, should you wish to let me if our paths ever crossed, seriously curious to see what I'm missing, but then there's the inevitable wanting for a cherry-picked, unique, or at least very expensive scope  |
Hi Dunk,
This is the scope I use almost exclusively for the outreach work I do with 3RF. It's ideal for this as the eyepiece height is perfect for all adults and kids only need a single step.
I have always made this scope available for anyone to look through.
Last year I had it at a new outreach event called "Stars on The Fly" which was an event that I put together with the management of the Illawarra Fly Treetop Walk. Sadly, their Marketing Manager, who I coordinated the event with left at Xmas; and the event will not run this year. I have also had it up at Lostock (IISAC 2010) and Border Stargaze (2009) and a big public event with about 500 people at Armidale in 2010. I will probably take it to the Parramatta Park Public event which will be held in September or October this year.
I am hoping to be able to attend the Pony Club (Mangrove Mountain) observing session for the new moon in May. I will be taking the scope to that event if I can attend. If I attend you are more than welcome to come and have a look through it.
Word of fair Warning
A couple of people have subsequently ordered an SDM telescope after looking through this scope. One US visitor to our annual 3RF Coonabarabran trip ordered an SDM telescope about 15 minutes after first using my scope. He could have ordered a scope from any one of a number of US manufacturers when he returned home, but he wanted one " just like that only bigger".
Cheers,
John B