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Old 28-04-2007, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by ausastronomer View Post
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.
Cant disagree with any of that. When I said "cheap telescope" I was thinking about cheap semi decent scopes, forgetting about the multitude of ebay and camera store rubbish scopes.

For visual use, you cant go wrong with a synta or gso dob as a first scope.
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