[QUOTE=Steffen;1138060]I bought the table-top Dob a year or so ago, and it wasn't usable out of the box. The secondary mirror was not underneath the focuser, I had to supply my own (longer) screws to fix that. Apart from that it can be made to work and will give better than $50 views. The primary mirror looks quite decent, even though it lacks a means of collimation.
I saw these in Aldi "special buys" mentioned it to my niece who works there.
One appeared as my "secret santa gift"
Last time I had a telescope was 1972 as a 12 year old with a Tasco refractor?
Which gave me such many hours of joy standing a top our aluminium carport roof , in west suburbs of Sydney-looking at the moon, Jupiter and Saturn. They were only small discs but I could just make out Saturn with a ring around it.
Now I live on an isolated farm and the stars are brilliant on clear nights, with no light polution.
I'm wondering how this will go? I wont be home until Jan 4 at present near Wyong on the central coast NSW.
Would love to rekindle my youth getting back into star gazing, but Im not expecting a lot from this small dob, as have read here before a 6-8" Dobson would blow my mind.
Anyway its 60 days to give it a try
