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Originally Posted by Robbos30
Hi Renato, I can certainly remember the Kmart 114mm reflector. It was in fact the first telescope I ever had that sparked off my love affair with telescopes and astronomy back in 1983. Many happy memories and an awesome solar attachment to the focuser, allowing solar projection onto the white power coated metal plate. I grew up viewing sun spots thg safest way!
Alas I gave her away to a teacher friend of mine back in 1997. I sometime miss it!
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Well, we're showing our age, but yes, when properly aligned and a with a 6X30 finder added to it, mine was and still is a pretty good telescope. I even upgraded the eyepieces and bought a SkyGlow filter for it.
I keep it at my parent's home where my brother now lives with his family.
I pull it out when I visit, and show them and visitors the moon and planets and big DSOs.
Cheers,
Renato