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Purchase review
I heard about the Skywatcher at an observing night on tuesday, ordered it wednesday and found it sitting outside my front door friday afternoon when I got home. I wasn't planning on getting a new scope just yet but at that price it was to good to miss out on. The cheapest I'd been able to find was just under the $1000 with me needing to pick it up or pay delivery as well so the saving was considerable.
It all went together easily (but the instructions didn't mention installing the primary mirror. It came with a basic screwdriver, spanners and allen keys to do the construction. A couple of the holes used to mount the mirror cell were difficult to align. Packaging was great.
Initial collimation is close (but I'll need to tweek it a bit when I get game enough).
The next task will be to work out how to make some kind of travel case that's light enough to allow me to handle the telescope and case but sturdy enough to protect the scope.
True to form last night was cloudy, I did get a brief look at the moon through my 40mm eyepiece and it was stunning.
I emailed Sky-Watcher asking about the absence of the scope from their site but have not recieved a reply.
Thanks to those who've commented already on this thread.
Bob
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