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Old 31-05-2005, 07:39 PM
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Starkler (Geoff)
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As it appears that you are a newcommer to the scene I would suggest you dont dismiss the dobsonian mount without a good look.

Simplicity, stability, price and intuitive aiming are the strong points of the dobsonian mount. The eq mount is the opposite meaning you have to spend a lot of money to get a stable mount for a scope of decent size, and then its a heavy pig of a thing to move and more often than not , the eyepiece is at some awkward viewing angle necessitating rotating the tube.

After owning and using a dob , i bought myself a short tube refractor on an eq mount. I found it awkward and annoying to use. That eq is now an alt-az
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