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Old 22-07-2015, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by robs.mark View Post
How about this one I have found locally.. http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/river...ope/1081583228
Hi Mark - although that might be a good scope with plenty of aperture I doubt that is going to be very easy to transport if that's still a requirement. Also if you get it equatorially mounted the eyepiece position on a Newtonian can be challenging.

What about something like this: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=136649 ?

Although that one is already sold, they come up on the forum from time to time.
It's small enough to be portable (especially if mounted on a simple alt-az mount) yet still has some aperture for decent views. It's probably not ideal for deep-sky astrophotography at f10 but still might allow that option with a focal-reducer (& eq mount of course).
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