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Nice advice, fellas. The thing is, I could always spend that little bit more, and again and again and I'll end up blowing my budget. My dream is to get a 12 inch collapsible dob with goto but I don't have a lazy $1000+ to spare. if I keep waiting, like I have been the last few yearsm then I'll never get a scope!
Anyway, the attraction of this little 5 inch collapsible dob is that I can take it places, along with my kid, dog and all the other crap you pack in a car for a holiday. Plus it's cheapish and seems to do a decent job for the bogan amateur.
here are a few specs I pulled off the OzScopes website:
Specifications
Diameter: 130mm
Focal Length: 650
F/Ratio: f/5
Includes:
- Red Dot Finder
- 2 interchangeable eyepieces (25mm and 10mm)
Features of the SkyWatcher Heritage 5" Dobsonian Telescope
- Small, Table Top Collapsible Dobsonian
- Extremely portable: Tube collapses to only 14.5" long. Total weight less than 7kg
- Collapsible truss-tube design, no disassembling and collimation required between uses
- Aluminized paraboloidal mirrors, providing sharp and detailed images
- Enough light gathering power to provide outstanding resolution and bright image
- Great all-around astronomical viewing performance
- 5 years Skywatcher limited warranty
Are any of the above parts/accessories dodgy or do they look decent?
Would I need to buy anything else immediately to make it all work properly? Light shroud is one thing I will need to make. What about the finderscope? Is it ok? Is an F5 focal ratio ok?
Monstar, where did you get your scope from for the lower price?
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