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Originally Posted by Starkler
I think good eyepieces in a cheap telescope can give great views!
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That's very true as "some" cheap telescopes are quite good, a lot are bad. Unfortunately, it's very difficult for a beginner to know before buying, what's good and what's bad. Generally speaking cheap telescopes are bad, because a lot more money goes into computer control and or a flimsy equatorial, fork or one arm alt/az mount, than goes into the optics. Care to try a 10mm Pentax XW in a Meade DS2114 ATS? This is why I recommended Eternal stick with the Synta or GSO dobs in 6" to 12" Aperture. They are cheap and proven to be excellent optically for mass produced scopes. Combined with good quality eyepieces these scopes give excellent views. You can't say that about all cheap telescopes or even the majority of cheap telescopes.
CS-John B