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Old 12-04-2020, 11:29 AM
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oberresford (Ollie)
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First things

Hi All,

Looking for a little advice before I jump in with any initial purchases for my telescope. I've had a dobsinian years ago but im pretty much a begginer.
I've not had my 8" Celestron Evo very long but some obvious things are
1) The plastic red dot finder I find a pain and not reliable, I am thinking to grab a Bintel Finder scope first, unless you have some better recommendations. I had a basic bintel finder years back

2) had the Dew forming fairly quick the other night, having read info seems varying opinions, I live in Melbourne and is a Dew Shield enough or does it need to be combined with a heater element? interested to hear from Melbournites.

3) Finally I've read the 2 polarizing filters combined together make for a very versatile filter, thinking of going for one of these over just a std moon filter ?

Thanks for any tips,

Cheers
Ollie
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